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- The Impact of Abuse on the Quality of Life of the Elderly: A Population-based Survey in Iran
- Behnam Honarvar, Zahra Gheibi, Abdolrahim Asadollahi, Farzaneh Bahadori, Elahe Khaksar, Maryam Rabiey Faradonbeh, Mohammad Farjami
- J Prev Med Public Health. 2020;53(2):89-97. Published online December 30, 2019
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.19.210
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The quality of life (QoL) of the elderly and elder abuse are growing public health concerns. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of abuse and the association between QoL and abuse in older adults.
Methods
Multistage random cluster sampling, along with valid QoL (LEIPAD: LEIden, the Netherlands; PADua, Italy; Helsinki, Finland) and abuse questionnaires, were used to assess QoL and elder abuse. Path analysis was performed using Mplus. SPSS and AMOS were used for the other analyses.
Results
A total of 386 elderly individuals with a mean age of 68.00±6.10 years were interviewed, of whom 200 (51.8%), 289 (74.9%), and 376 (97.4%) were women, educated, and married, respectively. Moreover, 167 (43.2%) had low-to-moderate QoL, and 108 (27.9%) had experienced a moderate level of abuse. QoL and abuse were inversely associated (r=-0.253), with men (β=-0.24) more affected than women (β=-0.21). Musculoskeletal disorders were also strong determinants of QoL in the elderly. QoL was strongly associated with emotional abuse, while abuse was highly related to the social component of QoL. Furthermore, emotional abuse was the type of abuse most significantly associated with the self-care, depression/anxiety, cognitive, and social components of QoL. Sexual abuse, violation of personal rights, and neglect were the main determinants of the physical functioning, life satisfaction, and sexual domains of QoL, respectively.
Conclusions
Nearly half of the elderly individuals lacked a high QoL, and at least one-fourth had experienced some form of abuse. Elder abuse was correlated inversely with QoL. Therefore, preventive interventions are recommended to decrease elder abuse in the family, community, and other settings. -
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- The Study on Innovative Development of the Elderly Care Industry under the Community-based Elderly Care Model Based on the SERVQUAL Model
Guanzhou Feng, Quanlin Li
The Open Public Health Journal.2025;[Epub] CrossRef - Triage nurses’ perspectives about abuse of older people: a study in a hospital setting
Fatemeh Estebsari, Sima Ghorbanzadeh, Arezoo Sheikh Milani, Zahra Saboohi, Marzieh Latifi, Arezoo Shahsavari, Zahra Rahimi Khalifeh Kandi
BMC Nursing.2025;[Epub] CrossRef - The Quality of Life of Older Adults in Rural Eastern India and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study
Annu Antony, Swayam Pragyan Parida, Priyamadhaba Behera, Susanta K Padhy, Vikas Bhatia
Cureus.2024;[Epub] CrossRef - Psychometric properties of instruments for measuring abuse of older people in community and institutional settings: A systematic review
Fadzilah Hanum Mohd Mydin, Christopher Mikton, Wan Yuen Choo, Ranita Hisham Shunmugam, Aja Murray, Yongjie Yon, Raudah M. Yunus, Noran N. Hairi, Farizah M. Hairi, Marie Beaulieu, Amanda Phelan
Campbell Systematic Reviews.2024;[Epub] CrossRef - Emancipatory Social Work: A Promising Practice to End Elder Abuse in Uganda
Charles Kiiza Wamara, Ruth Mbabazi, Donisian Hategekimana
Journal of Human Rights and Social Work.2024; 9(4): 586. CrossRef - Exploring the Relationship between Elder Abuse, Age-related Disabilities, and Quality of Life Among Older Adults in India: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey
Hemant Singh Gurjar, Anita Mehta
Global Social Welfare.2024;[Epub] CrossRef - Elderly Abuse and Neglect on Population Health: Literature Review and Interventions from Selected Countries
Ahmad Nabeil Alias, Khalid Mokti, Mohd Yusof Ibrahim, Sahipudin Saupin, Mohd Faizal Madrim
Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2023; 44(6): 311. CrossRef - Quality of Life in Elderlies: A Cross-sectional and Field-based Study in Iran
Behnam Honarvar, Elahe Khaksar, Pedram Keshavarz, Morteza Banakar, Abbas Balaghi Inalou, Yasman Movahednejad, Vahid Hajianpour
Shiraz E-Medical Journal.2023;[Epub] CrossRef - Examining the effect of elder abuse on welfare status: the case of selected districts in Southwestern Uganda
Dianah Aharimpisya, Frank Pio Kiyingi, Francis Kasekende
The Journal of Adult Protection.2023; 25(5): 303. CrossRef - The relationship of general, physical, and psychological violence with depressive symptoms and cognition in elders (cross-sectional study)
Rafael da Costa Santos, Gleicy Karine Nascimento De Araújo-Monteiro, Matheus Farias Raposo, Angela Maria Henao Castaño, Betânia Maria Pereira dos Santos, Rafaella Queiroga Souto
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem.2023;[Epub] CrossRef - Violência geral, física e psicológica: relação com sintomas depressivos e cognição em idosos (estudo transversal)
Rafael da Costa Santos, Gleicy Karine Nascimento De Araújo-Monteiro, Matheus Farias Raposo, Angela Maria Henao Castaño, Betânia Maria Pereira dos Santos, Rafaella Queiroga Souto
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem.2023;[Epub] CrossRef - The complexity of domestic violence against older women in rural areas. Characteristics of the co-occurrence of forms of violence and the relationship between perpetrators and victims
Albert Terelak, Sebastian Kołodziejczak
Family Upbringing.2023; 30(1): 249. CrossRef - Social Work Response to Elder Abuse in Uganda: Voices from Practitioners
Charles Kiiza Wamara
Journal of Gerontological Social Work.2022; 65(4): 361. CrossRef - Violence in the Elderly: a Review of the Literature
Astrid Botty van den Bruele, Marie Crandall
Current Trauma Reports.2022; 8(1): 12. CrossRef - Elderly abuse, affecting factors and evaluation of life satisfaction: a cross‐sectional study
Muammer Yılmaz, Adem Durmaz, İnci Arıkan
Psychogeriatrics.2022; 22(5): 612. CrossRef - A Study on Supply–Demand Satisfaction of Community-Based Senior Care Combined with the Psychological Perception of the Elderly
Jiangang Shi, Wenwen Hua, Daizhong Tang, Ke Xu, Quanwei Xu
Healthcare.2021; 9(6): 643. CrossRef - Factors Affecting the Elderly's Quality of Life in the Middle East: A Systematic Review
Nasibeh Zanjari, Giti Bahrami, Mahsa Nouri Koochi, Zahra Aliakbarzade Arani
Journal of Education and Community Health.2021; 8(2): 143. CrossRef - Development, validation, and pilot implementation of the minimum datasheet for a domestic violence registry system: The case of a developing country
Shabnam Iezadi, Kamal Gholipour, Ahmad Khanijahani, Mahasti Alizadeh, Bahram Samadirad, Hanie Azizi, Farzad Azizinia, Binh P. Nguyen
PLOS ONE.2021; 16(12): e0261460. CrossRef
- Factors That Affect Suicidal Attempt Risk Among Korean Elderly Adults: A Path Analysis
- Junsoo Ro, Jongheon Park, Jinsuk Lee, Hyemin Jung
- J Prev Med Public Health. 2015;48(1):28-37. Published online January 14, 2015
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.14.030
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Among the Korean elderly (those 65 years of age and older), the suicide rate is 80.3/100 000 people, which is ten times higher than the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development average. Because South Korea is rapidly becoming an aging population, this high elderly suicidal rate will only get worse. Although the size of the elderly suicide problem is quite large, previous research in South Korea has surveyed restricted areas and not the entire country. Even though the factors that affect elderly suicide are complicated, there has been little research into these influencing factors. Thus, this research uses the national survey data (Community Health Survey) that was obtained in 2009. Additionally, we analyze factors affecting elderly suicidal ideation and attempts as well as the paths of these effects.
Methods
Community Health Survey data obtained by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2009 was used for this study. We additionally examined the factors that affect suicide with chi-squared tests, t-tests, Pearson’s correlation test, and path analysis.
Results
Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation are the only factors that directly affect suicidal attempts. Demographic, behavioral, and physical activity factors have indirect effects on suicidal attempts.
Conclusions
Depression has the strongest influence on suicidal ideation and attempts. Demographic, behavioral, and physical activity factors affect suicidal attempts mostly through depressive symptoms. In addition, there is a path that suggests that demographic, behavioral, and physical activity factors affect suicidal attempts not through depression symptoms but only through suicidal ideation. This means that the elderly who do not have depression symptoms attempt suicide according to their own situations and characteristics. -
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Citations to this article as recorded by- Socioeconomic factors associated with suicidal behaviors in South Korea: systematic review on the current state of evidence
Nicolas Raschke, Amir Mohsenpour, Leona Aschentrup, Florian Fischer, Kamil J. Wrona
BMC Public Health.2022;[Epub] CrossRef - Suicidal Behavior Among Elderly Inpatients: its Relation to Functional Disability and Pain
Suzaily Wahab, Tien Yong Chua, Rosdinom Razali, Zanariah Mat Saher, Iman Hakimi Zamzam, Mohamad Adam Bujang
Psychology Research and Behavior Management.2022; Volume 15: 737. CrossRef - Parks and green areas and the risk for depression and suicidal indicators
Kyoung-bok Min, Hyun-Jin Kim, Hye-Jin Kim, Jin-young Min
International Journal of Public Health.2017; 62(6): 647. CrossRef - Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Depression in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in South Korea
Jae Soon Yoo, Sun Ju Chang, Hyun Sook Kim
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice.2016; 30(3): 200. CrossRef
- Determinanats of Health Care Utilization of the Physically Disabled.
- Keon Yeop Kim, Young Sook Lee, Ki Soo Park, Jae Hee Son, Sin Kam, Byung Yeol Chun, Jae Yong Park, Min Hae Yeh
- Korean J Prev Med. 1998;31(2):323-334.
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- To investigate determinants of health care utilization of the physically, disabled over 20 years old in age living in Taegu city, a self-administered questionnaire survey was carried out for 337 disabled persons with chronic illness from April to July, 1997. Health care utilization rate was 81.9%(69.l% for hospital or clinic and 12.8% for pharmacy). Marital status, job, health concern, and response to illness showed statistically, significant relationship with health care utilization(p<0.05). By, path analysis, job, economic status, medical security type and response to illness had a significant direct effect on health care utilization(p<0.05), however, health concern and regular source of care had an indirect effect. The reasons of no health utilization were due to economic problem(31.l%), no symptom(18.0%), inconvenience to seek care or no accompanying persons to be helped(14.8%), unseriousness of the severity of the illness(14.8%), too busy to be treated or no free time(8.2%), hopeless prognosis to be treated(6.6%) in order. In conclusion, it is recommended that the program for expanding medicaid, improving socioeconomic status by getting a job and health education to increase the health Concern toward physically disabled should be implemented to increase health care utilization rate.
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