Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam

BACKGROUND: In spite of tremendous impact on health, elder abuse is still an underreported and unrecognized issue. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of abuse among community dwelling elderly and to identify the various risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community-based cross-sectional stud...

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Autores principales: Saikia, Anku Moni, Mahanta, Neelakshi, Mahanta, Ajaya, Deka, Ashok Jyoti, Kakati, Arupjyoti
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435603
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.164406
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author Saikia, Anku Moni
Mahanta, Neelakshi
Mahanta, Ajaya
Deka, Ashok Jyoti
Kakati, Arupjyoti
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description BACKGROUND: In spite of tremendous impact on health, elder abuse is still an underreported and unrecognized issue. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of abuse among community dwelling elderly and to identify the various risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 randomly selected wards of Guwahati city. A total of 331 elderly (60 years and above) were interviewed. Abuse was screened by Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S EAST). RESULTS: The study revealed 9.31% prevalence. Neglect was the most common type of abuse reported. Age, sex, socioeconomic status, living status, and functional status were found to be significantly associated with abuse. CONCLUSION: Abuse is prevalent among elderly population.
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spelling pubmed-45811502015-10-02 Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam Saikia, Anku Moni Mahanta, Neelakshi Mahanta, Ajaya Deka, Ashok Jyoti Kakati, Arupjyoti Indian J Community Med Short Communication BACKGROUND: In spite of tremendous impact on health, elder abuse is still an underreported and unrecognized issue. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of abuse among community dwelling elderly and to identify the various risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 randomly selected wards of Guwahati city. A total of 331 elderly (60 years and above) were interviewed. Abuse was screened by Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S EAST). RESULTS: The study revealed 9.31% prevalence. Neglect was the most common type of abuse reported. Age, sex, socioeconomic status, living status, and functional status were found to be significantly associated with abuse. CONCLUSION: Abuse is prevalent among elderly population. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4581150/ /pubmed/26435603 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.164406 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms
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Deka, Ashok Jyoti
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam
title Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam
title_full Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam
title_fullStr Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam
title_short Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abuse among Community Dwelling Elderly of Guwahati City, Assam
title_sort prevalence and risk factors of abuse among community dwelling elderly of guwahati city, assam
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435603
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.164406
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