Risk of violence and functional capacity of hospitalized elderly: a cross-sectional study

Brandão, Bárbara Maria Lopes da Silva; Santos, Renata Clemente dos; Araújo-Monteiro, Gleicy Karine Nascimento de; Carneiro, Alan Dionízio; Medeiros, Fabíola de Araújo Leite; Souto, Rafaella Queiroga

doi:10.1590/1980-220x-reeusp-2020-0528

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“…According to our findings, the abuse prevalence was higher in women than men, which is consistent with the results of Brandao et al in Brazil (68.9%) (25) and El-Khawaga et al in Egypt (56.6%) (26). The present study also revealed that the abuse prevalence was higher in older patients, which is consistent with the findings of the study by Sathya et al These authors showed that the rate of elder abuse increased with age (27).…”

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Abuse in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Komlakh

Hatefi

2022

Arch Neurosci

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Background: One of the chronic diseases with various challenges for patients and caregivers is spinal cord injury (SCI). The spread and prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been an influential risk factor for abuse. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the rate of abuse in patients with SCI during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study population was all SCI cases in Ilam, Iran. Researcher-made forms and questionnaires with confirmed validity and reliability, including the demographic characteristics, form and perceived abuse researcher-made questionnaire for people with SCI, were used. The perceived abuse questionnaire for patients with SCI was a researcher-made questionnaire designed based on library studies, interviews with patients, and determination of abuse instances. This instrument consists of 20 questions answered as yes (score 1) or no (score 0). After data collection, statistical analyzes were performed using the SPSS software version 16. Results: According to our results, the mean ± SD of the perceived abuse score by caregivers and patients was 8.48 ± 2.31 and 42.45% during the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. Moreover, the mean ± SD of the age of patients was 62.86 ± 19.15 years, and the patient abuse increased with elevation in age (P = 0, F = 27.42). The possible abuse score was 0 - 20 divided into three categories of low (20, 20.4%), moderate (76, 76.5%), and high (2, 2%). The perceived abuse score was significantly higher among women and patients with a history of more than 10 years of SCI. Abuse prevalence did not have a significant relationship with income and marital status. Regarding age and abuse, our results showed a rise in perceived abuse scores with an increase in age. Conclusions: The present study showed that it is necessary to take measures to prevent abuse in patients with SCI. Moreover, the prevalence of abuse related to COVID-19 in patients with SCI was high. Therefore, preventive actions need to be proposed in this field.

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Abuse in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Komlakh

Hatefi

2022

Arch Neurosci

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“…According to Pillemer's theoretical model 3 , the violence suffered by the elderly people in nursing homes may depend on the characteristics of the patients (e.g., health of patients, social isolation, gender), on the characteristics of the staff (e.g., age, education, burnout) and the nursing homes environment (e.g., level of care, rates, cost of patient care). Brandão et al 4 , identified that the elderly people who received hospital support, aged between 60 and 70 years, with no knowledge of reading and writing or who no longer exercised professional activity, showed a greater risk of suffering violence. In addition to this, they also found a relationship between the elderly's abilities for their daily activities (basic, instrumental and advanced) and the risk of suffering violence.…”

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The Risk of Suffering Violence by the Elderly People: The Power of Cognitive Functioning and Loneliness Through the Analysis of the Gamma Model

Serra

Parreira

Silva

2022

MRAJ

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Objective: The elderly people has been increasing and the danger of elderly people suffering violence also tends to grow. When the elderly people have cognitive weaknesses, are alone and helpless, the probability of suffering violence is very high. The main objective of this study is to analyze whether cognitive functioning, the loneliness felt by the elderly people and their affects can predict the risk of suffering violence. Methods: The number of participants in this study was 101 of both genders, with ages ranging between 65 and 94 years. The instruments applied were a sociodemographic questionnaire, Arvini Range Test, the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, the Mini Mental State Examination and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. Results: The results showed that after eliminating potentially influential observations, the adjusted model revealed that cognitive functioning and loneliness are predictors of the risk of suffering violence by the elderly people. Conclusion: It is important to consider that the presence of subjective feelings of loneliness and how the elderly’s brains cognitively work can be considered risk factors for violence against them. These variables must be taken into account in the preparation of caregivers and nursing homes so that violence against the elderly people can be prevented.

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Designing and evaluating questionnaire for assessment abuse in patients with spinal cord injury during Covid-19 disease

Komlakh¹,

Hatefi²

2022

RJMM

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"Background: One of the chronic diseases that causes various challenges for patients is spinal cord injury. On the other hand, apart from the problems that patients and caregivers of patients with SCI experience, the spread and prevalence of Covid-19 disease has been effective as an effective risk factor for abuse. Objectives: the aim of the present study is to determine the abuse prevalence and its effective risk factors among SCI patients in Ilam City during the Covid-19 outbreak. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study, population included all SCI patients in Ilam, included in the present study. Moreover, researcher-made forms and questionnaires whose validity and reliability were confirmed, including the demographic characteristics form, perceived abuse researcher-made questionnaire for SCI patients, were used. The perceived abuse questionnaire for SCI patients was a researcher-made questionnaire that was designed using library studies, interviewing patients and determining abuse instances. This instrument consists of 20 questions that are answered using Yes (score 1) and No (score 0). After data collection, statistical analyzes were performed. Data analyzed with spss16 software. Results: According to the results, the mean ± SD of the perceived abuse score by caregivers and patients was 8.48 ± 2.31 and 42.45% during the Covid-19 pandemic, respectively. Also, the mean ± SD of patients’ age was 62.86 ±19.15 and the patient perceived abuse increased with increasing age (P = 0.000, F = 27.42). Also, the possible abuse score was 0 to 20 that was divided into three categories: low (20, 20.4%), moderate (76, 76.5%) and high (2, 2%). also, significantly higher perceived abuse score among women and patients with a history of more than 10 years of SCI, but there was no significant relationship between abuse prevalence with income and marital status (P>0.05). With regard to age and abuse, results also showed an increase in perceived abuse score with increasing age. Conclusions: necessary to take the necessary measures and preventions in this regard. Also, the prevalence of Covide-19-related abuse in patients was hight, which is statistically important and significant. For this reason, while proposing preventive action in this field "

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Risk of violence and functional capacity of hospitalized elderly: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 3 publications

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Abuse in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abuse in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Risk of Suffering Violence by the Elderly People: The Power of Cognitive Functioning and Loneliness Through the Analysis of the Gamma Model

Designing and evaluating questionnaire for assessment abuse in patients with spinal cord injury during Covid-19 disease

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