The prevalence and associated risk factors of elder abuse among older people applied to the family health center in the rural district of Turkey

Pak M.

SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE, cilt.59, sa.4, ss.236-256, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00981389.2020.1740377
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, CINAHL, Communication & Mass Media Index, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.236-256
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Elder, abuse, rural, NEGLECT, COMMUNITY, MISTREATMENT, SIGNS, DEPRESSION, VIOLENCE, IMPACT
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, face-to-face interviews were conducted with older people who applied to the family health center (N = 152) in the traditional rural district of Turkey. Although the prevalence rate was 23%, the mean value of "Characteristics of the elder that make him or her vulnerable to abuse" subscale ((X) over bar = .37) was highest among other subscales. The mean values for "Characteristics of potentially abusive situations" ((X) over bar = .06) and "Overt violation of personal rights and direct abuse" ((X) over bar = .05) were quite low. The majority of the elder abuse prevalence was composed of participants who were vulnerable to elder abuse. The rural area makes older individuals vulnerable to abuse. Also, risk factors associated with elder abuse in rural areas were interaction with family (p = .000), interaction with neighbors/friends (p = .001), chronic diseases (p = .002), psychiatric diseases (p = .007), gender and marital status (p = .008), and additional income (p = .028), respectively. The only predictor of elder abuse in rural areas was family interaction. There was a significant negative relationship between rural elder abuse and family interaction (T= -4.239, p < .001).