02Mar 2018

PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF MISTREATMENT IN ELDERLY PEOPLE.

  • Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Nursing at the Autonomous University of Campeche.
  • Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Campeche.
  • Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of social Sciences of the Autonomous University of Campeche.
  • Interns of the bachelor of gerontology at the Faculty of Nursing at the Autonomous University of Campeche.
Crossref Cited-by Linking logo
  • Abstract
  • References
  • Cite This Article as
  • Corresponding Author

The abuse violates the rights and dignity as a result of the abuse of power towards a person who is in a situation of disadvantage and inferiority due to its limitations, whether due to age, gender or loss of abilities. Victims of violence are found in all age groups, with the abuse of women, children and the elderly being especially recognized. Violence includes psychological, physical and sexual assaults, abandonment and, especially in the elderly, the economic or patrimonial abuse by relatives or other persons outside the family is added. Objective. Identify the level of prevalence of abuse in the elderly. Method. The study of this research is descriptive, with a quantitative, transversal approach. Subjects 60 seniors from different Institutions. Instrument. Geriatric Scale of Elder Abuse, consists of five sections: physical, psychological, negligence, economic and sexual. Results Negligence, 53 seniors commented that they have not stopped providing clothes, shoes, among others and 7 of them say that if and if they have stopped supplying the medication they need, 45 replied that no but 6 of them say that Yes, in the question, this section is the most relevant. Conclusions. As a final result of this investigation, we found that 25% of older adults belonging to a governmental institution in the state of San Francisco de Campeche have some type of abuse. Of which the psychological abuse was the most prevalent with 40%.

  1. Montero G. alt. (2017). Abuse and Abuse in the Elderly. Costa Rica. Virtual Costa Rica legal medicine Editorial. file: /// C: /Users/Juan%20S/Documents/maltrato/definicion%20de%20scielo.pdf
  2. Giraldo M. alt. (2016). Surveys on Elder Abuse in the Federal District. file: /// C: /Users/Juan%20S/Documents/maltrato/analisis_EMPAMDF%20maltrato.pd
  3. Kornfeld R. alt. (2012). How to Prevent and Face the Abuse of the Elderly. file: /// C: /Users/Juan%20S/Documents/maltrato/Cartilla%20SENAMA.pdf
  4. WHO (2002). University of Toronto and Ryerson, INPEA. "Toronto Declaration for the global prevention of elder abuse". Special journal of geriatrics and gerontology, 37. pp.332-333
  5. G?mez R, L; Rodr?guez AG and Krug L. "Prevalence and Factors Associated with Family Violence in Older Adults of Ocozocoautla (Chiapas, Mexico)". Rev esp geriatr gerontol.2007; 42 (1): 27-34
  6. Giraldo, L. "Elder Abuse: A look from a gender perspective". Feminist debate magazine. 2010; 21 (42): 151-165
  7. Clinical Practice Guide: Detection and Management of Elder Abuse. Mexico: Mexican Institute of Social Security, 2013. file: /// C: /Users/Juan%20S/Documents/maltrato/maltrato%20en%20la%20seg.pdf
  8. Hern?ndez R. alt. (2010). Investigation methodology. M?xico. Editorial Mc Graw Hill. Fifth edition

[Ana Rosa Can Valle, Jaqueline Guadalupe Guerrero Ceh, Betty Sarabia Alcocer, Fajime Cu Quijano, Victoria Guadalupe Pech Chan and Karla Doricela Haaz Yam. (2018); PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF MISTREATMENT IN ELDERLY PEOPLE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Mar). 63-70] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Ana Rosa Can Valle
Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Nursing at the Autonomous University of Campeche

DOI:

Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6649      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6649

Download Full Paper

Download PDF No. of Downloads: 12 | No. of Views: 64