Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2013;25(4):281-93. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2013.770305.
The prevalence of elder mistreatment with respect to race and ethnicity was examined in an unweighted sample of 5,777 participants (5,776 participants in weighted sample). Random Digit Dialing methodology was used to select a representative sample of community-dwelling older adults, and the survey was available in English and Spanish. Mistreatment types included emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Race- and ethnicity-based differences were largely absent, and the only observed increase was for physical mistreatment among non-White older adults; however, this association was not sustained in multivariate analyses controlling for income, health status, and social support. Findings are in contrast to prior reports of increased risk of mistreatment in minority populations and point to correlated and modifiable factors of social support and poor health as targets for preventive intervention.
在一个未加权的 5777 名参与者样本（加权样本中的 5776 名参与者）中，检查了与种族和民族有关的虐待老年人的流行情况。使用随机数字拨号方法选择了社区居住的老年人的代表性样本，该调查有英语和西班牙语两种版本。虐待类型包括情感、身体和性虐待。基于种族和民族的差异基本不存在，唯一观察到的增加是在非白种老年人中发生身体虐待；然而，在控制收入、健康状况和社会支持的多元分析中，这种关联并没有持续存在。这些发现与先前关于少数族裔人群遭受虐待风险增加的报告形成对比，并指出社会支持和健康状况不佳等相关和可改变的因素是预防干预的目标。
