The relationship between the chronicity and severity of abuse, socio-economics, psychosocial factors and mental health

Soares, Joaquim J.F.Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap (författare)

The abuse and mental health of older persons are sources of great concern. However, there are limited data on the relation between the chronicity (frequency of abuse) by severity (minor, severe) of abuse (e.g. psychological, physical) and mental health (e.g. depression). Women/men aged 60–84 years from seven European cities (n=4,467) participated in this study, and data were analysed with bivariate/multivariate methods. High chronicity (frequency, median/above) of psychological and physical abuse independently of severity was related to depression and anxiety; financial and overall abuse to anxiety; and minor financial abuse and overall abuse to depression. Regressions showed that some factors (e.g. being from Greece) were associated with a lower depression/anxiety “risk” and others (e.g. low social support) with high risk. Low chronicity (frequency, below median) of psychological abuse was associated with a lower anxiety risk. The management of depression/anxiety, particularly anxiety, among elders should also consider the roles of abuse and social support.

Viitasara, EijaMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap(Swepub:miun)eijvii (författare)
Stankunas, MindaugasLithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (författare)
Sundin, ÖrjanMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för psykologi(Swepub:miun)orjsun (författare)
Melchiorre, Maria GabriellaItalian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging , I.N.R.C.A., Ancona, Italy (författare)
Barros, HenriqueUniversity of Porto, Medical School, Porto, Portugal (författare)
Lindert, JuttaProtestant University of Applied Sciences, Ludwigsburg, Germany (författare)
Torres-Gonzalez, FranciscoUniversity of Granada, Granada, Spain (författare)
Ioannidi-Kapolou, ElisabethNational School of Public Health, Athens, Greece (författare)
Macassa, GloriaMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap(Swepub:miun)glomac (författare)
MittuniversitetetAvdelningen för hälsovetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

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