在法医医学中对老年人的身体虐待进行了二十年的审查
1Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
概括
老年人身体虐待是一个隐藏的公共卫生问题,通常是由知名人士实施的. 像COVID-19流行病这样的社会危机加剧了其频率和复杂性,迫使医疗保健提供者加强检测.
科学领域:
- 法医医学 法医医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 老年人身体虐待是隐藏在家庭或照顾者关系中的公共卫生问题.
- 关键的风险因素包括受害者依赖,社会隔离和照顾者压力.
- 了解随着时间的推移滥用模式和社会危机的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析两十年 (2004-2023) 的老年人身体虐待的特征和趋势.
- 评估包括COVID-19大流行在内的社会危机对虐待老年人的发生率和性质的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项对379例老年人身体虐待案例的描述性,横截面研究,报告给法医医疗部门.
- 收集关于受害者/事者人口统计,事件地点和虐待模式的数据.
- 统计分析包括千平方测试和描述性摘要.
主要成果:
- 大多数受害者是女性 (77.6%) 和寡妇 (83.4%),虐待发生在受害者的家中 (79.7%).
- 男性犯罪者 (89.7%) 是常见的;女性遭受的伤害更严重.
- 2020年后,滥用案件增加,与大流行相关的隔离和压力有关;9.2%涉及重复犯罪者.
- 外国公民 (5.8%) 和医疗检查期间的偶然发现 (41.7%) 被注意到.
结论:
- 虐待老年人的普遍性和隐藏性强调了医疗保健专业人员在检测中发挥的关键作用.
- 流行病和移民等社会危机使虐待老年人变得更加复杂,需要强有力的社会支持和意识倡议.
- 加强社会支持系统和提高公众意识对于解决老年人虐待至关重要.
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