Wen X, Hu Y K, He P, Wang Z J, Zheng X Y
Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2017 Apr 10;38(4):491-495. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.04.016.
To examine the association between child-supporting from their folks and elder abuse in China so as to provide evidence for prevention and control of elder abuse. Based on the third survey on the Status of Chinese women, organized by the All-China Women's Federation and the National Bureau of Statistics, 7 159 residents aged 65 and older were included and general information on supporting child and elder abuse were gathered. Chi-square test and logistic regression were used to investigate the association between supporting child from elderly and elder abuse. The overall prevalence of elder abuse was 6.71. Risks of elder people being abused by family numbers varied from different supporting child situations. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, for the elderly appeared as follows: =1.99 (95: 1.56-2.54) for those who only providing support to male children; =2.07 (95: 1.51-3.79) for those only providing support to the female offspring and =2.32 (95: 1.72-3.13) for those who did not support their children regardless of their sex identity. Elderly who provided support to their children on both sexes were exposed to lower risk of being abused than those who only supporting their male offspring. There was no significant difference appearing on the risk of elder abuse between those elderly who only supporting the male (=1.00) or the female offspring (=1.04, 95: 0.63-1.71), among all the participants in our study. However, such associations were different in urban and rural areas. High prevalence of abuse was seen in China. The pattern of supporting child was associated with risk of elder abuse. Elderly who showed poor support to their children were under higher risk of being abused by their family members.
探讨中国老年人获得子女赡养与遭受虐待之间的关联，为预防和控制虐待老年人行为提供依据。基于中华全国妇女联合会和国家统计局组织的第三期中国妇女社会地位调查，纳入7159名65岁及以上居民，收集子女赡养和虐待老年人的相关信息。采用卡方检验和逻辑回归分析老年人获得子女赡养与遭受虐待之间的关联。虐待老年人的总体患病率为6.71%。在不同的子女赡养情况下，老年人遭受家庭成员虐待的风险各不相同。在调整潜在混杂因素后，对于老年人而言，情况如下：仅支持儿子的老年人，比值比（OR）=1.99（95%置信区间：1.56 - 2.54）；仅支持女儿的老年人，OR = 2.07（95%置信区间：1.51 - 3.79）；不支持任何性别的子女的老年人，OR = 2.32（95%置信区间：1.72 - 3.13）。支持子女双方的老年人遭受虐待的风险低于仅支持儿子的老年人。在本研究的所有参与者中，仅支持儿子的老年人（OR = 1.00）和仅支持女儿的老年人（OR = 1.04，95%置信区间：0.63 - 1.71）遭受虐待的风险之间没有显著差异。然而，这种关联在城乡地区有所不同。中国虐待老年人的患病率较高。子女赡养模式与虐待老年人的风险相关。对子女支持较差的老年人遭受家庭成员虐待的风险更高。
