2014
DOI: 10.5935/1676-4285.20144588
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Sociodemographic profiles and violent events experienced by the elderly: a descriptive study

Abstract: RESUMOObjetivo: Apresentar o perfil sociodemográfico e identificar situações de violência dos tipos física, psicológica, sexual, abandono, negligência, abuso financeiro e autonegligência em idosos de uma área metropolitana de Brasília. Método: Estudo transversal e descritivo em que idosos foram perguntados ativamente se já haviam sofrido algum tipo de violência. Resultados: Fizeram parte da amostra 131 idosos com idade média de 70 anos, 68% mulheres, 41% casados, 41% da cor parda, 50% analfabetos, 90% residem … Show more

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“…17 least one member of their family (89%) and with children (94.1%). 18 The family also represents a risk to the safety and integrity of the elderly. In a study based on the denunciation services carried out in a city in the interior of the State of São Paulo, it was observed that the fact that the elderly live in the homes with their children and grandchildren has been shown to be a risk factor related to violence.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…17 least one member of their family (89%) and with children (94.1%). 18 The family also represents a risk to the safety and integrity of the elderly. In a study based on the denunciation services carried out in a city in the interior of the State of São Paulo, it was observed that the fact that the elderly live in the homes with their children and grandchildren has been shown to be a risk factor related to violence.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…19,22 As far as psychological violence is concerned, the study conducted in the same metropolitan area where this study was carried out revealed that 34% of the elderly interviewed had already been victims of humiliation and 26% had suffered discrimination, especially the elderly female. 18 It is noted that, since the population studied is practically homogeneous in its presentation of low income and educational status, the intersectionality issues between age, gender, ethnicity and access to public services need to be discussed together, since they may represent a life of experiences of denial of rights that extend to old age and not necessarily represent a new phenomenon in the lives of the interviewees. It is worth mentioning that low schooling has been pointed out as being associated with the perception of poor quality of life.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sin embargo, la mayoría de estudios tiene representatividad regional o local (e.g. Agudelo et al, sin fecha;Faustino et al, 2014;Bolsoni et al, 2019). La otra mitad de estos estudios utilizó un muestreo no probabilístico.…”
Section: Aproximaciones Metodológicasunclassified
“…Estas hipótesis deben ser investigadas a profundidad, especialmente desde que algunos investigadores han obtenido resultados contradictorios que sugieren que, aunque las mujeres adultas mayores sufren más violencia doméstica que los hombres, los hombres mayores podrían correr más riesgo de sufrir abusos físicos perpetrados por desconocidos en espacios públicos (Abath et al, 2010(Abath et al, , p. 1802Sousa et al, 2016, p. 58;Bardales and Menéndez, 2015;Bolsoni et al, 2019, Castro et al, 2018Faustino et al, 2014;Ruelas et al, 2016;Gaioli and Rodrigues, 2008).…”
Section: Hallazgos Principalesunclassified