Elder abuse in the COVID-19 era based on calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse resource line.
Elder abuse in the COVID-19 era based on calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse resource line.
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DOI：
10.1186/s12877-022-03385-w
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发表时间：
2022-08-20
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影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Han, S. Duke
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作者：
Weissberger, Gali H.;Lim, Aaron C.;Mosqueda, Laura;Schoen, Julie;Axelrod, Jenna;Nguyen, Annie L.;Wilber, Kathleen H.;Esquivel, Richard S.;Han, S. Duke
COVID-19大流行加剧了老年人遭受虐待、忽视和剥削的风险。确定COVID-19期间虐待老年人的特征至关重要。这项研究描述并比较了两个时期的虐待老年人模式，一个是大流行期间的一年，另一个是大流行开始前的一年。触点研究人员检查了向国家虐待老年人问题中心（NCEA）资源热线发出的所有电话（包括社交媒体联系人和电子邮件;所有电话都被称为权宜之计），以了解在大流行之前报告的虐待老年人类型和涉嫌肇事者特征方面的差异（时间1; 2018年3月16日至2019年3月15日）和大流行期间（时间2; 2020年3月16日至2021年3月15日）。电话进行了检查是否虐待报告，报告的虐待老年人的类型，包括经济，身体，性，情感和忽视，以及来电者，受害者和被指控的肇事者的特点。独立性卡方检验比较了不同时间段虐待老人特征的频率。在时间1中，收到了1401个电话，其中795个电话（56.7%）描述了虐待。在时间2中，收到了1009个电话，其中550个电话（54.5%）描述了虐待。滥用与非滥用电话频率的时间段差异不显著（）。时间段也没有显着不同的来电者，受害者和肇事者的特点。在调整多重比较后，时间2期间报告的身体虐待（和情感虐待）发生率更高。与时间1相比，时间2中多种形式的虐待频率也有所增加（。研究结果表明，特定的虐待老年人亚型和不同时间段之间亚型之间的共同发生频率存在差异，这表明COVID-19期间虐待老年人的严重程度可能会增加。在线版本包含补充材料，可通过10.1186/s12877-022-03385-w获得。
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated circumstances that place older adults at higher risk for abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Identifying characteristics of elder abuse during COVID-19 is critically important. This study characterized and compared elder abuse patterns across two time periods, a one-year period during the pandemic, and a corresponding one-year period prior to the start of the pandemic. Contacts (including social media contacts, and email; all referred to as “calls” for expediency) made to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) resource line were examined for differences in types of reported elder abuse and characteristics of alleged perpetrators prior to the pandemic (Time 1; March 16, 2018 to March 15, 2019) and during the pandemic (Time 2; March 16, 2020 to March 15, 2021). Calls were examined for whether or not abuse was reported, the types of reported elder abuse, including financial, physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect, and characteristics of callers, victims, and alleged perpetrators. Chi-square tests of independence compared frequencies of elder abuse characteristics between time periods. In Time 1, 1401 calls were received, of which 795 calls (56.7%) described abuse. In Time 2, 1009 calls were received, of which 550 calls (54.5%) described abuse. The difference between time periods in frequency of abuse to non-abuse calls was not significant (). Time periods also did not significantly differ with regard to caller, victim, and perpetrator characteristics. Greater rates of physical abuse ( and emotional abuse ( were reported during Time 2 after adjustment for multiple comparisons. An increased frequency of multiple forms of abuse was also found in Time 2 compared to Time 1 (. Findings suggest differences in specific elder abuse subtypes and frequency of co-occurrence between subtypes between time periods, pointing to a potential increase in the severity of elder abuse during COVID-19. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12877-022-03385-w.
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