Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study
Objective: to analyze the relationship between the risk of violence and the quality of life of elderly community members. Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed with 159 elderly people registered in family health teams. The following instruments were used: Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening...
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doaj-5fd20bcac6d547e3ba3a821d36d6cbd02021-02-23T20:38:29ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene2175-67832021-02-0122e6096610.15253/2175-6783.20212260966Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional studyMatheus Farias Raposo0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9671-7599Jefferson da Silva Soares1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4207-7191Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4395-6518Renata Clemente dos Santos3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-6832João Euclides Fernandes Braga4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3413-6072Rafaella Queiroga Souto5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-8497Barbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6652-9615Universidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal do PernambucoObjective: to analyze the relationship between the risk of violence and the quality of life of elderly community members. Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed with 159 elderly people registered in family health teams. The following instruments were used: Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test; World Health Organization Instrument to Evaluate Quality of Life. Results: the risk of violence was higher among the elderly with low quality of life through association tests (62.5%; p=0.380) and correlation (r=-0.244). There was a statistically significant difference (p=0.013) between quality of life of groups with and without risk for violence, and the analysis of logistic regression confirms that high quality of life is a protective factor for the exposure of the elderly to situations of abuse (Odds Ratio = 0.96; p=0.01). Conclusion: there was an inverse relationship between quality of life and risk of violence.http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/60966/165710elder abuse; violence; aged; quality of life. |
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Matheus Farias Raposo Jefferson da Silva Soares Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro Renata Clemente dos Santos João Euclides Fernandes Braga Rafaella Queiroga Souto Barbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão |
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Matheus Farias Raposo Jefferson da Silva Soares Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro Renata Clemente dos Santos João Euclides Fernandes Braga Rafaella Queiroga Souto Barbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study Rev Rene elder abuse; violence; aged; quality of life. |
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Matheus Farias Raposo Jefferson da Silva Soares Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo-Monteiro Renata Clemente dos Santos João Euclides Fernandes Braga Rafaella Queiroga Souto Barbara Maria Lopes da Silva Brandão |
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Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study |
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Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study |
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Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study |
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Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study |
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Risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study |
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risk of violence and quality of life among the elderly in the community: cross-sectional study |
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Universidade Federal do Ceará |
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Rev Rene |
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2175-6783 |
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2021-02-01 |
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Objective: to analyze the relationship between the risk of violence and the quality of life of elderly community members. Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed with 159 elderly people registered in family health teams. The following instruments were used: Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test; World Health Organization Instrument to Evaluate Quality of Life. Results: the risk of violence was higher among the elderly with low quality of life through association tests (62.5%; p=0.380) and correlation (r=-0.244). There was a statistically significant difference (p=0.013) between quality of life of groups with and without risk for violence, and the analysis of logistic regression confirms that high quality of life is a protective factor for the exposure of the elderly to situations of abuse (Odds Ratio = 0.96; p=0.01). Conclusion: there was an inverse relationship between quality of life and risk of violence. |
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elder abuse; violence; aged; quality of life. |
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http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/60966/165710 |
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