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- Title
Trend of cases of violence against elderly people in the metropolitan region of São Luís.
- Authors
Rocha de Castro, Terezinha; de Abreu Lima, Rafael; Costa Duarte, Mayra Suanne; Moreira da Silva Soeiro, Vanessa; Holanda Lopes, Maria Lucia; de Lima Sardinha, Ana Hélia
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the trend of Violence Against the Elderly in the Greater São Luís Metropolitan Region, from 2015 to 2019. Method: This is an ecological study of time series, with descriptive analysis, presenting the absolute and relative frequencies, and trend analysis using Prais-Winsten linear regression. Results: In the period, there were 5,172 reports of violence, of which: 58.7% referred to female individuals, 52.44% were brown, 87.3% literate, 52.6% belonged to the age group of 60 to 70 years and 86, 6% had an income of up to 01 minimum wage. There was a predominance of cases of neglect, psychological violence and financial abuse and an increasing tendency towards violence due to abandonment, neglect and self-neglect. Conclusion: It Is pertinent to incorporate strategies for the prevention and identification of ill-treatment against the elderly, in addition to the need to enforce protective laws and carry out notification of confirmed or suspected cases of violence.
- Subjects
VIOLENCE; REGRESSION analysis; TIME series analysis; ABUSE of older people; FINANCIAL abuse
- Publication
Saúde Coletiva, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 68, p7713
- ISSN
1806-3365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i68p7723-7734