Prevalence of elder abuse and its related factors in Iran: A community-based study

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Motahedi, Saeideh [1 ]
Khajeh, Mahboobeh [2 ]
Khosravi, Ahmad [3 ]
Mirhosseini, Seyedmohammad [4 ,5 ]
Ebrahimi, Hossein [6 ]
机构
[1] Shahroud Univ Med Sci, Sch Nursing & Midwifery, Student Res Comm, Shahroud, Iran
[2] Shahroud Univ Med Sci, Sch Nursing & Midwifery, Shahroud, Iran
[3] Shahroud Univ Med Sci, Ctr Hlth Related Social & Behav Sci Res, Dept Epidemiol, Shahroud, Iran
[4] Mashhad Univ Med Sci, Nursing & Midwifery Care Res Ctr, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
[5] Mashhad Univ Med Sci, Sch Nursing & Midwifery, Dept Psychiat Nursing, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
[6] Shahroud Univ Med Sci, Ctr Hlth Related Social & Behav Sci Res, 7th Sq, Shahroud 3614773955, Iran
关键词
Abuse; Geriatric medicine; Older adult; Prevalence; Risk factor; VULNERABILITY; VERSION; VALIDATION; NEGLECT;
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10.1007/s12144-022-03024-y
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Elder abuse is a major problem that has physical, sexual, psychological, financial, and negligence dimensions. This can lead to physical ailments such as fractures and mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and related factors of elder abuse in Shahroud county, northeast of Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 360 Iranian older people referred to Shahroud health centers by using cluster sampling method with inclusion criteria of; age over 60 years and mental and cognitive health and exclusion criteria of severe physical disease and disrupting the process of completing the questionnaire. Elder abuse was measured using a Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale (VASS) with a score higher than 2 and the relationship between age, gender, education, housing status, number of children, employment status, marital status, insurance status, and living arrangement with elder abuse was examined in a logistic regression model. The prevalence of elder abuse was 38.6%. Living with spouse and children (OR = 0.20) and living with spouse (OR = 0.43) were associated with lower risk of elder abuse compared with living alone in the regression model. A significant number of Iranian older people are exposed to abuse and health care systems need to take steps to reduce this social problem. It is suggested that the older adults live at least in marriage status as much as possible and that a cultural context to deal with the phenomenon be adopted through education and planning.
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页码:17960 / 17967
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