Occurrence of violence in the elderly and its associated factors

Autor: Paulo Henrique Silva Maia, Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira, Elza Machado de Melo, Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 72, Iss suppl 2, Pp 64-70 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-0446
0034-7167
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0014
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the occurrence of violence in the elderly and its associated factors in the city of Betim, Minas Gerais. Method: cross-sectional study constituted by a population survey conducted through structured interviews. The sample was stratified by clusters and included 178 elderly people at the end. Data were analyzed by the chi-square test and was performed a Correspondence Analysis. Results: The most prevalent forms of violence were: lack of access to social rights (31%), verbal violence (22%), moral/psychological (19%), lack of care (16%), physical violence (6%), sexual (3%) and discrimination (3%). Women suffered more abuse than men and violence had greater association with the degree of depressive symptoms. Conclusion: our research has direct implication for the sectors interested in coping with violence in the elderly, especially for nurses, because it shows violence is part of a cycle with characteristic associated factors that conforms a model nested mainly in the family relationship.
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