Publication: La detección de los malos tratos domésticos hacia las personas mayores
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2016-05-04
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Desde los años 80 investigadores y profesionales vienen señalando la necesidad de hacer frente al problema de los malos tratos hacia las personas mayores. Por su prevalencia y las consecuencias tan negativas que pueden tener necesitamos afrontar urgentemente este problema. Las características de las personas mayores que se ven expuestas a situaciones de maltrato son muy variadas pero nos preocupan especialmente las personas mayores que son maltratadas por sus cuidadores. Cooper, Selwood y Livingston (2008) afirman que la tasa de prevalencia del 6% de la población general aumenta aproximadamente hasta el 25% en las personas mayores dependientes. El trabajo que se presenta se compone de tres estudios. El primero tiene como principal objetivo comprobar las propiedades psicométricas de la adaptación española del Indicators of Abuse (IOA) Screen. El segundo estudio se centró en analizar la asociación de las principales variables estudiadas como factores de riesgo en un grupo de personas con problemas de deterioro cognitivo y un grupo sin esta dificultad. En la línea de lo propuesto por Burnight y Mosqueda (2011) hipoterizábamos que estos factores podrían ser diferentes en ambos grupos. El tercer estudio analiza la situación de las personas mayores autoneglintes. Nuestro principal objetivo fue aportar información relevante para la detección y comprobar si las variables propuestas por Burnett et al. (2014) tenían valor predictivo a la hora de clasificar a las personas mayores como casos de buen trato, de riesgo de maltrato o de autonegligencia...
Since the 1980s, researchers and professionals have highlighted the need to confront the problem of elder abuse. This issue must be tackled urgently due to its prevalence and potentially very negative consequences . The characteristics of elders exposed to situations of mistreatment and abuse vary greatly. However, we are especially interested in cases of elder abuse by caregivers. Cooper, Selwood and Livingston (2008) states that the 6% prevalence rate found in the general population rises to approximately 25% in dependent elderly individuals. This research project comprises three studies. The main objective of the first study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Spanish adaptation of the Indicators of Abuse (IOA) Screen. The second study analyses the correlation between the main variables of risk factors presented in international academic literature and two groups of elderly individuals; one with cognitive impairment and the other without impairment. The third study focuses on the situation of self-neglect. Despite such a high prevalence of self-neglect cases in society, this area is one of the least studied. Our main objective was to provide relevant information for the detection of cases of self-neglect among the elderly, and to assess the predictive values of a number of variables proposed by Burnett et al. (2014) to classify elders as cases of proper care, abuse risk, or self-neglect...
Since the 1980s, researchers and professionals have highlighted the need to confront the problem of elder abuse. This issue must be tackled urgently due to its prevalence and potentially very negative consequences . The characteristics of elders exposed to situations of mistreatment and abuse vary greatly. However, we are especially interested in cases of elder abuse by caregivers. Cooper, Selwood and Livingston (2008) states that the 6% prevalence rate found in the general population rises to approximately 25% in dependent elderly individuals. This research project comprises three studies. The main objective of the first study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Spanish adaptation of the Indicators of Abuse (IOA) Screen. The second study analyses the correlation between the main variables of risk factors presented in international academic literature and two groups of elderly individuals; one with cognitive impairment and the other without impairment. The third study focuses on the situation of self-neglect. Despite such a high prevalence of self-neglect cases in society, this area is one of the least studied. Our main objective was to provide relevant information for the detection of cases of self-neglect among the elderly, and to assess the predictive values of a number of variables proposed by Burnett et al. (2014) to classify elders as cases of proper care, abuse risk, or self-neglect...
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