Programa Integrado de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2010 Sep;26(9):1797-806. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000900013.
This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the profile of physical abuse against older people who underwent forensic examination at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. The cases, with data from 1,027 forensic reports, were described according to characteristics of the incident, victim, and aggressor. Most cases of violence were produced by mechanical energy, either with blunt objects or by empty-handed attack; the most common day of the week was Sunday, most frequently in the evening, and in the victim's home; typical cases involved mild injuries on more than one part of the victim's body. The majority of the victims were men, 60 to 69 years of age, brown (mixed-race), married or living with a partner, and retirees/pensioners. The majority of the aggressors were men, known to the victim, and attacking alone. The social transcendence of violence against older people clearly calls for investment in programs to deal with the problem in order to ensure better quality of life for the elderly.
这项横断面研究旨在确定在巴西伯南布哥州累西腓法医研究所接受法医检查的老年人遭受身体虐待的情况。这些案例的数据来自 1027 份法医报告，根据事件、受害者和施害者的特征进行了描述。大多数暴力案件是由机械能引起的，要么是用钝器，要么是徒手攻击；发生暴力行为最常见的日子是星期天，最常见的时间是晚上，而且发生在受害者的家中；典型的案件涉及受害者身体多个部位的轻伤。大多数受害者是男性，年龄在 60 至 69 岁，棕色（混血），已婚或与伴侣同居，是退休人员/养老金领取者。大多数施害者是男性，认识受害者，单独攻击。暴力侵害老年人的社会影响明显需要投资于解决这一问题的方案，以确保老年人的生活质量得到提高。
