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Abuse and maltreatment in the elderly

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Medicina Básica
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg16:Paz, Justiça e Instituições Eficazes
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Maria João
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Ana
dc.contributor.authorAlbuquerque, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-03T14:11:15Z
dc.date.available2026-07-03T14:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.descriptionNeto, Maria João - Scopus ID: 56457745900
dc.description.abstractIntroduction The aging population is increasing worldwide, but the abuse and mistreatment in the elderly (often silenced forms) has also been increasing, with strong implications for their quality of life. Objective To identify forms of abuse and ill-treatment in the elderly, as well as the determinants of these abuses. Methodology This is a quantitative study, of the non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional type attended by 135 Portuguese elderly. It uses the Family APGAR Scale and the Question to Elicit Elder Abuse (QEEA), which was applied between January and June 2013, in the elderly residing in the central of Portugal. Results The data shows that 23.5% of the elderly have suffered some kind of abuse, these being especially of the emotional kind and neglect. We also found that the most abused elders were unmarried and widows, those who had lower academic qualifications, those who reported feeling lonely and less healthy and even those who perceive to integrate families with some degree of dysfunction. Conclusion We found that the abuse and mistreatment are present in the everyday life of many seniors and are a difficult subject to approach. The evidence, invite us to reflect on the development of intervention strategies, particularly at the levels of emotional abuse, neglect, promotion of health and family functioning in order to contribute to the reduction or extinction of abuse and ill-treatment in the elderly.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipTo all the Elderly who stoically participated in the data collection and to all those who contributed to the realization and dissemination of this study.
dc.identifier.citationRosa Martins, Maria João Neto, Ana Andrade, Carlos Albuquerque, Abuse and maltreatment in the elderly, Atención Primaria, Volume 46, Supplement 5, 2014, Pages 206-209, ISSN 0212-6567, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0212-6567(14)70093-9.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/s0212-6567(14)70093-9
dc.identifier.eissn1578-1275
dc.identifier.issn0212-6567
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/16535
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0212656714700939?via%3Dihub
dc.relation.ispartofAtención Primaria
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectElderly
dc.subjectAging
dc.subjectAbuse
dc.subjectMistreatment
dc.subjectViolence
dc.titleAbuse and maltreatment in the elderlyeng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage209
oaire.citation.issue5
oaire.citation.startPage206
oaire.citation.titleAtención Primaria
oaire.citation.volume46
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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Introduction The aging population is increasing worldwide, but the abuse and mistreatment in the elderly (often silenced forms) has also been increasing, with strong implications for their quality of life. Objective To identify forms of abuse and ill-treatment in the elderly, as well as the determinants of these abuses. Methodology This is a quantitative study, of the non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional type attended by 135 Portuguese elderly. It uses the Family APGAR Scale and the Question to Elicit Elder Abuse (QEEA), which was applied between January and June 2013, in the elderly residing in the central of Portugal. Results The data shows that 23.5% of the elderly have suffered some kind of abuse, these being especially of the emotional kind and neglect. We also found that the most abused elders were unmarried and widows, those who had lower academic qualifications, those who reported feeling lonely and less healthy and even those who perceive to integrate families with some degree of dysfunction. Conclusion We found that the abuse and mistreatment are present in the everyday life of many seniors and are a difficult subject to approach. The evidence, invite us to reflect on the development of intervention strategies, particularly at the levels of emotional abuse, neglect, promotion of health and family functioning in order to contribute to the reduction or extinction of abuse and ill-treatment in the elderly.
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