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Abuse and neglect of older persons in seven cities in seven countries in Europe : a cross-sectional community study
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- Lindert, Jutta (author)
- Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany, and Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- de Luna, Juan (author)
- Department of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Torres- Gonzales, Francisco (author)
- University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Barros, Henrique (author)
- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal
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- Loannidi- Kopolou, Elisabeth (author)
- Department of Sociology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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- Melchiorre, Maria Gabriella (author)
- Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, INRCA, Ancona, Italy
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- Stankunas, Mindaugas (author)
- School of Public Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Macassa, Gloria (author)
- Institution for Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
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- Soares, Joaquim F J (author)
- Institution for Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden, and Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 2012-08-03
- 2013
- English.
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In: International Journal of Public Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1661-8556 .- 1661-8564. ; 58:1, s. 121-132
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- Objectives: We aimed to investigate the prevalence rate of abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial, neglect) of older persons (AO) in seven cities from seven countries in Europe (Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Sweden), and to assess factors potentially associated with AO.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009 (n = 4,467, aged 60–84). potentially associated factors were grouped into domains (domain 1: age, gender, migration history; domain 2: education, occupation; domain 3: marital status, living situation; domain 4: habitation, income, financial strain). We calculated odds ratios (OR) with their respective 95 % confidence intervals (CI).Results: Psychological AO was the most common form of AO, ranging from 10.4 % (95 % CI 8.1–13.0) in Italy to 29.7 % (95 % CI 26.2–33.5) in Sweden. Second most common form was financial AO, ranging from 1.8 % (95 % CI 0.9–3.2) in Sweden to 7.8 % (95 % CI 5.8–10.1) in Portugal. Less common was physical AO, ranging from 1.0 % (95 % CI 0.4–2.1) in Italy to 4.0 % (95 % CI 2.6–5.8 %) in Sweden. Sexual AO was least common, ranging from 0.3 (95 % CI 0.0–1.1) in Italy and Spain to 1.5 % (95 % CI 0.7–2.8) in Greece. Being from Germany (AOR 3.25, 95 % CI 2.34–4.51), Sweden (OR 3.16, 95 % CI 2.28–4.39) or Lithuania (AOR 2.45, 95 % CI 1.75–3.43) was associated with increased prevalence rates of AO.Conclusion: Country of residence of older people is independent from the four assessed domains associated
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap -- Gerontologi, medicinsk/hälsovetenskaplig inriktning (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences -- Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Abuse
- Older individuals
- Context
- Life course
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