Prevalence and risk factors of suspected elder abuse subtypes in people aged 75 and older: Clinical investigations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 815-822

  Garre Olmo, Josep ^a,b,d   Planas Pujol, Xènia ^b   López Pousa, Secundino ^b,c,d   Juvinyà, Dolors ^e   Vilà, Antoni ^f   Vilalta Franch, Joan ^b,c,d  

^a Research Unit ^*  (Spain)

^b Distrito Sanitario Atención Primaria Sevilla   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Santa Caterina   (Spain)

^d Department of Nursing ^*  (Spain)

^e Department of Nursing

^f UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Elder abuse; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEGLECT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; SPAIN; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 65449145111     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02221.x     Document Type: Article

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