Risk factors of severity of abuse against older women in the home setting: A multinational European study

Donder, Liesbeth De; Lang, Gert; Alves, José Ferreira; Penhale, Bridget; Tamutienė, Ilona; Luoma, Minna‐Liisa

doi:10.1080/08952841.2016.1223933

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“…In this study, the high density of violence (multiple occurrences), rather than abuse types or perpetrator, was found to be associated with the depressive symptoms of self-reported elder abuse older adults. Even though also including the frequency of each of the different occurrences (intensity), other studies suggest severity to be as key component of elder abuse (Burnes, Pillemer, & Lachs, 2017; De Donder et al, 2016). In these studies, severity differentiates factors associated with elder abuse.…”

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Exploring the Correlates to Depression in Elder Abuse Victims: Abusive Experience or Individual Characteristics?

Santos

Nunes

Kislaya

et al. 2017

J Interpers Violence

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Depression and depressive symptoms have been studied both as risk factors and consequences of elder abuse, even though the most common cross-sectional design of the studies does not allow inferring cause or consequence relationships. This study estimates the proportion of older adults who screened positive for depressive symptoms among those self-reporting elder abuse and examines whether individual characteristics and/or abusive experience aspects are associated with self-reported depressive symptoms. Participants were 510 older adults self-reporting experiences of abuse in family setting enrolled in the cross-sectional victims' survey of the Aging and Violence Study. Depressive symptoms were assessed through the abbreviated version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-5). Poisson regression was used to determine the prevalence ratio (PR) of screening depressive symptoms according to individual and abusive experience covariates: sex, age group, cohabitation, perceived social support, chronic diseases, functional status, violence type, perpetrator, and number of conducts. Women (PR = 1.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.04, 1.35]) individuals perceiving low social support level (PR = 1.36, 95% CI = [1.16, 1.60]) and with long-term illness (PR = 1.17, 95% CI = [1.02, 1.33]) were found to be associated with increased risk for screening depressive symptoms. In regard to abusive experience, only the number of abusive conducts increased the PR (PR = 1.07, 95% CI = [1.05, 1.09]). Routine screening for elder abuse should include psychological well-being assessment. Interventions toward risk alleviation for both mental health problems and elder abuse should target women perceiving low social support level and with long-term illness.

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“…In these studies, severity differentiates factors associated with elder abuse. It would be expected that different consequences are also related (Burnes et al, 2017; De Donder et al, 2016).…”

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Exploring the Correlates to Depression in Elder Abuse Victims: Abusive Experience or Individual Characteristics?

Santos

Nunes

Kislaya

et al. 2017

J Interpers Violence

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“…On the other hand, positive social support plays a protective role deterring elder abuse victimization; Dong and Simon (2007) showed that a greater level of social support, such as having someone to listen to and talk to, or having someone to show love and affection to, was associated with a lower risk of elder abuse. According to De Donder and colleagues (2016) who examined factors associated with severity of elder abuse, involvement in social activities was associated with less severe abuse.…”

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Functional Decline and Emotional Elder Abuse: a Population-Based Study of Older Korean Adults

Kong

Jeon

2017

J Fam Viol

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Objectives Elder abuse is an increasingly prevalent issue in South Korea. The current study examines the association between functional impairment and emotional abuse victimization in Korean adults 65 and older. We also examines the mediating roles of diverse aspects of family resources (i.e., older adult's self-esteem, family cohesion, family assistance, contact with friends/neighbors, and participation in social activities) in the aforementioned association. Methods We analyzed 9,691 community-dwelling older Koreans from a population-based survey of the 2009 Survey of Elderly Care and Welfare Need. We conducted a path analysis to analyze the mediational hypothesis. Results About 11% of the study sample reported experiencing emotional abuse by a family member in the past year (n = 1,082). The results of the mediational analysis showed that greater ADL/IADL limitations were associated with a) reduced self-esteem and b) receiving more assistance from family, which were ultimately associated with increased risk of emotional abuse victimization. Discussion Elder abuse is a family crisis that may occur as a result of maladaptation to the heightened long-term care needs of older family members. Practitioners should take into account older adults' vulnerability in terms of the loss of adaptive resources in the face of functional decline. This study further supports the importance of relieving the burden of family caregivers to avoid the incidence of emotional elder abuse.

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“…Another study conducted with older Chinese women living in the United States found similar results, i.e., that abuse was more prevalent among individuals with higher income levels (31) . These findings seem contradictory since older adult women who have financial difficulties are 2.5 times more likely to suffer more severe abuse (32) . Nonetheless, considering that many older adults contribute significantly to the family income, this leads to older women with greater economic power to be at a greater risk of abuse, which can be perpetrated by the family members themselves through the appropriation of the money or property belonging to this older adult woman (33) .…”

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Factors associated with the risk of violence against older adult women: a cross-sectional study

Sousa

Araújo

Souto

et al. 2021

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: to identify the factors associated with the risk of violence against older adult women. Method: this is a quantitative, analytical, and cross-sectional research conducted with 122 older adult females in the city of Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Data collection was carried out using validated instruments adapted to Brazil. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (absolute and relative frequency) and inferential statistics (Pearson’s chi- square, Spearman’s correlation test, and Multiple Logistic Regression). Results: there was prevalence of a risk of abuse against older adult women under 70 years of age, literate, without a stable relationship, living alone, without any work activity, and who had an income higher than the minimum wage. There is a significant association between the risk of violence among older women with a higher number of chronic health conditions (24; 77.4%), and who are less active in advanced activities (42; 70.0%). A reduction in quality of life and satisfaction with life, and the onset of depressive symptoms, increase the risk of violence. Conclusion: multimorbidity, low functional capacity, depressive symptoms, low quality of life and low satisfaction with life, a high number of chronic conditions, depressive symptoms, and functional dependence to perform daily activities can be conditioning factors for the emergence of abuse against older adults.

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Risk factors of severity of abuse against older women in the home setting: A multinational European study

Cited by 16 publications

References 42 publications

Exploring the Correlates to Depression in Elder Abuse Victims: Abusive Experience or Individual Characteristics?

Exploring the Correlates to Depression in Elder Abuse Victims: Abusive Experience or Individual Characteristics?

Functional Decline and Emotional Elder Abuse: a Population-Based Study of Older Korean Adults

Factors associated with the risk of violence against older adult women: a cross-sectional study

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