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- Title
The incidence and influencing factors of elder abuse and neglect.
- Authors
Aslan, Hakime; Erci, Behice
- Abstract
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the level of abuse and neglect of individuals over the age of 65 years and the factors influencing it. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional, population-based, descriptive study was conducted on 455 elderly persons in Turkey. At data collection, a socio-demographic form, which was developed by the researcher herself, an abuse evaluation form with six Likert-type questions, the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and the Perceived Emotional Abuse Scale for Adults (PEASA) were used. Results: Of the participants, 26.8% experienced physical abuse, 26.9% financial abuse, 12.6% sexual abuse and 56.5% neglect and psychological abuse at an intermediate level. The average score of the ADL index was 11.0 ± 3.3. This score shows that these elderly individuals were semi-independent. Conclusion: The rate of abuse and neglect was found to be intermediate. There was a positive relationship between abuse of the elderly and their ADL index.
- Subjects
TURKEY; ABUSE of older people; ANALYSIS of variance; CONFIDENCE intervals; RESEARCH methodology; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
- Publication
Journal of Public Health (09431853), 2020, Vol 28, Issue 5, p525
- ISSN
0943-1853
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10389-019-01071-7