印度农村的老年人虐待:揭示功能障碍和种族之间的相互作用
1Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, India.
Journal of elder abuse & neglect
|March 13, 2025
概括
与西孟加拉邦的部落群体相比,非部落的老年人中的老年人虐待率明显高. 功能限制和缺乏教育增加了所有老年人的虐待风险.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 虐待老年人是一个日益严重的全球性问题,不成比例地影响弱势群体.
- 了解虐待老年人的种族和功能差异对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 关于印度部落和非部落老年人中老年人虐待的比较流行情况的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 对西孟加拉邦的部落和非部落老年人中功能限制和老年虐待之间的关联进行比较研究.
- 在这些不同的族群中识别老年人虐待的风险因素.
主要方法:
- 采用西孟加拉邦部落和非部落老年人的调查数据进行横截面研究设计.
- 统计分析包括调整的几率比率 (AOR) 和置信区间 (CI),以评估功能限制,种族和老年人虐待之间的关联.
- 包括人口因素,如婚姻状况和教育水平作为潜在的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 部落老年人报告的虐待率较低 (20%) 与非部落同行相比 (44.5%).
- 大多数 (58.1%) 功能障碍的老年人是虐待的受害者.
- 与没有功能限制的部落长者相比,功能障碍的非部落老年人面临的虐待几率要高得多.
结论:
- 功能限制是两族老年人虐待的强有力的预测因素.
- 非部落的老年人,特别是那些功能障碍的老年人,遭受虐待的风险要高得多.
- 寡妇和较低的正规教育水平被确定为老年人虐待的重要风险因素.
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