Abuse among Portuguese older people at a time of economic crisis recovery: findings from the Harmed study.

IF 1.6 2区 心理学 Q3 GERONTOLOGY
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Epub Date: 2022-02-08 DOI:10.1080/08946566.2022.2039338
I Dias, A Henriques, A Lopes, R Lemos, H Barros, S Fraga
{"title":"Abuse among Portuguese older people at a time of economic crisis recovery: findings from the Harmed study.","authors":"I Dias,&nbsp;A Henriques,&nbsp;A Lopes,&nbsp;R Lemos,&nbsp;H Barros,&nbsp;S Fraga","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2022.2039338","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to assess the prevalence of abuse against Portuguese older people after an economic crisis and to assess how it has influenced health. A cross-sectional study was carried out including 677 older adults (≥60 years) during 2017. Results show that overall, 23.9% of older people reported being a victim of abuse in the last 12 months. The prevalence of psychological abuse was 19.9%, financial abuse 5.8%, physical abuse 2.5% and sexual abuse 1.9%. Older people who report abuse were more likely to have perceived insufficient income and low social support. The abuse was also significantly associated with poor health status and depressive symptoms. Even in an auspicious period, more than a fifth of older people experiences abuse which is associated with social and health vulnerabilities. These results support that an investment should be made in terms of policies toward an age-friendly environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2022.2039338","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/2/8 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GERONTOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of abuse against Portuguese older people after an economic crisis and to assess how it has influenced health. A cross-sectional study was carried out including 677 older adults (≥60 years) during 2017. Results show that overall, 23.9% of older people reported being a victim of abuse in the last 12 months. The prevalence of psychological abuse was 19.9%, financial abuse 5.8%, physical abuse 2.5% and sexual abuse 1.9%. Older people who report abuse were more likely to have perceived insufficient income and low social support. The abuse was also significantly associated with poor health status and depressive symptoms. Even in an auspicious period, more than a fifth of older people experiences abuse which is associated with social and health vulnerabilities. These results support that an investment should be made in terms of policies toward an age-friendly environment.

经济危机复苏时期葡萄牙老年人的虐待:来自伤害研究的发现。
这项研究旨在评估经济危机后葡萄牙老年人遭受虐待的普遍程度,并评估这种情况对健康的影响。2017年进行了一项横断面研究,包括677名老年人(≥60岁)。结果显示,总体而言,23.9%的老年人报告在过去12个月里成为虐待的受害者。心理虐待的发生率为19.9%,经济虐待为5.8%,身体虐待为2.5%,性虐待为1.9%。报告遭受虐待的老年人更有可能认为收入不足和社会支持不足。虐待还与健康状况不佳和抑郁症状显著相关。即使在幸运时期,也有超过五分之一的老年人遭受与社会和健康脆弱性相关的虐待。这些结果支持应该在政策方面进行投资,以建立一个有利于老年人的环境。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
CiteScore
3.30
自引率
15.80%
发文量
17
期刊介绍: The Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect is the peer-reviewed quarterly journal that explores the advances in research, policy and practice, and clinical and ethical issues surrounding the abuse and neglect of older people. This unique forum provides state-of-the-art research and practice that is both international and multidisciplinary in scope. The journal"s broad, comprehensive approach is only one of its strengths—it presents training issues, research findings, case studies, practice and policy issues, book and media reviews, commentary, and historical background on a wide range of topics. Readers get tools and techniques needed for better detecting and responding to actual or potential elder abuse and neglect.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信