Ramadass Divyabharathy, Sivaprakasam Sangeethapriya, Venkatesan Murugan
Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Nov;13(11):5014-5018. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_683_24. Epub 2024 Nov 18.
Economic independence is an important factor in the prevention of violence among the elderly. Optimal utilization of various social security schemes in India helps them in achieving financial independence and proper utilization of health care services. However, there is a knowledge and service utilization gap among the elderly in our population.
To assess the prevalence of economic violence and awareness and utilization of social security schemes among the geriatric population.
Community-based cross-sectional study conducted in rural and urban field practice areas of the tertiary care center.
A simple random sampling method was adopted. The data were collected using a pilot-tested semistructured questionnaire among 406 participants from three selected villages and wards of Venmalagaram and Maduranthakam during January to July 2023.
Frequencies and proportions were used for categorical variables, and Chi-square test was applied to test the level of significance. <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The prevalence of economic violence was found to be 12.1%. Among them, neglect was seen in a major proportion (61.2%). Awareness about the old age pension was seen in 70.7%, followed by Annapurna scheme (17%) and PMVVY (4.9%). The utilization of these schemes was found to be 34.0%, 11.6%, and 2.7%, respectively.
The prevalence of economic violence among the geriatric population was in the form of neglect and property misuse. The knowledge and utilization of social security schemes were poor among the elderly.
经济独立是预防老年人暴力行为的一个重要因素。印度各种社会保障计划的优化利用有助于老年人实现经济独立并合理利用医疗保健服务。然而，我国老年人群体在知识和服务利用方面存在差距。
评估老年人群体中经济暴力的患病率以及对社会保障计划的认知和利用情况。
在三级医疗中心的农村和城市实地实践区域开展的基于社区的横断面研究。
采用简单随机抽样方法。于2023年1月至7月期间，使用经过预试验的半结构化问卷，对来自韦姆马拉加兰和马杜兰塔卡姆三个选定村庄和选区的406名参与者收集数据。
分类变量采用频率和比例进行分析，应用卡方检验来检验显著性水平。P<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
发现经济暴力的患病率为12.1%。其中，忽视占很大比例（61.2%）。70.7%的人知晓老年养老金，其次是安纳普尔纳计划（17%）和普拉丹·曼特里·万丹亚计划（4.9%）。这些计划的利用率分别为34.0%、11.6%和2.7%。
老年人群体中经济暴力的患病率表现为忽视和财产滥用形式。老年人对社会保障计划的认知和利用率较低。
