在黎巴嫩的初级保健中虐待老年人:横截面研究的流行率和预测因素
Lewaa Shoujaa1, Marwan Azzam1, Lina Abdouni1
1Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
BMC geriatrics
|December 12, 2025
概括
在黎巴嫩的初级保健中,虐待老年人很普遍,影响了近20%的老年人. 脆弱性和护理动态是关键的风险因素,强调了综合查和支持的需要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 虐待老年人是一个重大的公共卫生问题,具有严重的后果.
- 关于黎巴嫩老年人虐待率和危险因素的数据有限.
- 这项研究通过调查黎巴嫩初级医疗保健机构的老年虐待来弥补这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 估计黎巴嫩社区老年人中老年人虐待的发生率.
- 确定与虐待老年人相关的社会人口统计学和健康相关的风险因素.
- 在初级保健中为有针对性的干预提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在一家初级保健中心进行了为期12个月的横截面研究.
- 249名60岁以上的成年人接受了社会人口统计学,虚弱,认知,心理状况和虐待老年人的评估.
- 滥用类型包括身体,心理,财务和忽视;使用后勤回归分析的数据.
主要成果:
- 19.7%的参与者报告了老年人虐待,心理虐待是最常见的 (16.1%).
- 脆弱性独立地与虐待的可能性增加有关.
- 成年子女的照顾和财务不稳定与更高的虐待风险有关,而年龄和配偶支持显示有保护作用.
结论:
- 在黎巴嫩的初级保健中,虐待老年人是一个相当大的问题,特别是心理虐待.
- 脆弱性,照顾者安排和财务因素是滥用风险的关键决定因素.
- 初级保健部门应实施常规的老年虐待和脆弱性查,加强护理人员的支持,并建立可访问的报告机制.
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