Hosseinkhani Zahra, Moradi Zhila, Khodamoradi Farzad
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2017 Dec 25;31:126. doi: 10.14196/mjiri.31.126. eCollection 2017.
The rate of elder abuse has been increasing worldwide. This study aimed at identifying the group of elders susceptible to abuse and determining the influential factors of elder abuse. A total of 683 elders, living in rural and urban areas of Qazvin (Iran), participated in this cross- sectional study that was conducted during September to December 2015. They were selected by stratified multistage random sampling method and filled in a standard questionnaire (H-S/EAST). Multiple logistic regression models were used for data analysis in Microsoft SPSS v.18. Type 1 error was considered equal to 0.05. The average age of participants was 68.5±7.6. Also, the prevalence of elder abuse in this study was 38.5 (95% CI: 3.34- 42.3). After eliminating the confounders and applying multiple regression analysis, we found a significant association between elder abuse and factors such as education level (OR= 2.003, 95% CI: 1.177-3.409), residence (OR= 3.53, 95% CI: 1.969-6.324), and age (OR= 0.963, 95% CI: 0.931-0.995). The results of this study indicated a high prevalence of elder abuse in the studied population. By identifying high-risk individuals for elder abuse and planning to improve their quality of life, we will be able to successfully overcome this issue.
全球范围内虐待老年人的比率一直在上升。本研究旨在确定易受虐待的老年人群体，并确定虐待老年人的影响因素。共有683名居住在伊朗加兹温城乡地区的老年人参与了这项于2015年9月至12月期间开展的横断面研究。他们通过分层多阶段随机抽样方法选取，并填写了一份标准问卷（H-S/EAST）。在Microsoft SPSS v.18中使用多元逻辑回归模型进行数据分析。I型错误被认为等于0.05。参与者的平均年龄为68.5±7.6岁。此外，本研究中虐待老年人的患病率为38.5（95%置信区间：3.34 - 42.3）。在消除混杂因素并应用多元回归分析后，我们发现虐待老年人与教育水平（比值比=2.003，95%置信区间：1.177 - 3.409）、居住地点（比值比=3.53，95%置信区间：1.969 - 6.324）和年龄（比值比=0.963，95%置信区间：0.931 - 0.995）等因素之间存在显著关联。本研究结果表明在所研究人群中虐待老年人的患病率较高。通过识别虐待老年人的高危个体并规划改善他们的生活质量，我们将能够成功解决这个问题。
