Lack of Association of Elder Mistreatment With Mortality.

Autor:	Pillemer K; Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.; Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, New York, New York, USA., Burnes D; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Hancock D; Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, New York, New York, USA., Eckenrode J; Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA., Rosen T; Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York,USA., MacNeil A; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Lachs MS; Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences [J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci] 2022 Aug 12; Vol. 77 (8), pp. 1699-1705.
DOI:	10.1093/gerona/glab348
Abstrakt:	Background: Prior research is limited and inconsistent on the degree to which elder mistreatment (EM) is associated with mortality. This study uses data from a 10-year, prospective, population-based study of EM to determine the adjusted effects of EM on older adult mortality, after controlling for other health and socioeconomic covariates. Methods: The New York State Elder Mistreatment Prevalence Study conducted a random-sample telephone survey of older adults (n = 4 156) in 2009 (Wave 1). The current study employs EM and covariate data from Wave 1 and data on mortality status through Wave 2 (2019). EM was operationalized both as experiencing EM and as severity of EM. The survey measured overall EM and separate subtypes (emotional, physical, and financial abuse, and neglect). Results: The hypothesis was not supported that abused and neglected older people would have higher rates of death over the study. Individuals who were victims of EM were no more likely to die over the following 10 years, compared with those who were not mistreated, after controlling for covariates. Furthermore, the severity of EM, as measured by the frequency of mistreatment behaviors, also was not associated with mortality risk. Conclusions: The finding that self-reported EM did not raise the risk of earlier death in this sample is encouraging. Future research should work to identify factors that may moderate the relationship between EM and mortality, such as social support/isolation, quality of family relationships, or involvement with formal support service systems. (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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