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Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families
Background: The rate of elder abuse has been increasing worldwide. This study aimed at identifying the group of elders susceptible to abuse and determining the influential factors of elder abuse. Methods: A total of 683 elders, living in rural and urban areas of Qazvin (Iran), participated in this c...
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6014768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951426 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.126 |
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author | Hosseinkhani, Zahra Moradi, Zhila Khodamoradi, Farzad |
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description | Background: The rate of elder abuse has been increasing worldwide. This study aimed at identifying the group of elders susceptible to abuse and determining the influential factors of elder abuse. Methods: A total of 683 elders, living in rural and urban areas of Qazvin (Iran), participated in this cross- sectional study that was conducted during September to December 2015. They were selected by stratified multistage random sampling method and filled in a standard questionnaire (H-S/EAST). Multiple logistic regression models were used for data analysis in Microsoft SPSS v.18. Type 1 error was considered equal to 0.05. Results: The average age of participants was 68.5±7.6. Also, the prevalence of elder abuse in this study was 38.5 (95% CI: 3.34- 42.3). After eliminating the confounders and applying multiple regression analysis, we found a significant association between elder abuse and factors such as education level (OR= 2.003, 95% CI: 1.177-3.409), residence (OR= 3.53, 95% CI: 1.969-6.324), and age (OR= 0.963, 95% CI: 0.931-0.995). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated a high prevalence of elder abuse in the studied population. By identifying high-risk individuals for elder abuse and planning to improve their quality of life, we will be able to successfully overcome this issue. |
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spelling | pubmed-60147682018-06-27 Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families Hosseinkhani, Zahra Moradi, Zhila Khodamoradi, Farzad Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: The rate of elder abuse has been increasing worldwide. This study aimed at identifying the group of elders susceptible to abuse and determining the influential factors of elder abuse. Methods: A total of 683 elders, living in rural and urban areas of Qazvin (Iran), participated in this cross- sectional study that was conducted during September to December 2015. They were selected by stratified multistage random sampling method and filled in a standard questionnaire (H-S/EAST). Multiple logistic regression models were used for data analysis in Microsoft SPSS v.18. Type 1 error was considered equal to 0.05. Results: The average age of participants was 68.5±7.6. Also, the prevalence of elder abuse in this study was 38.5 (95% CI: 3.34- 42.3). After eliminating the confounders and applying multiple regression analysis, we found a significant association between elder abuse and factors such as education level (OR= 2.003, 95% CI: 1.177-3.409), residence (OR= 3.53, 95% CI: 1.969-6.324), and age (OR= 0.963, 95% CI: 0.931-0.995). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated a high prevalence of elder abuse in the studied population. By identifying high-risk individuals for elder abuse and planning to improve their quality of life, we will be able to successfully overcome this issue. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2017-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6014768/ /pubmed/29951426 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.126 Text en © 2017 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Hosseinkhani, Zahra Moradi, Zhila Khodamoradi, Farzad Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families |
title | Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families |
title_full | Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families |
title_fullStr | Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families |
title_full_unstemmed | Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families |
title_short | Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families |
title_sort | elder abuse: screening in iranian families |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6014768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951426 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.126 |
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