Mortality among elder abuse victims in rural Malaysia: A two-year population-based descriptive study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Abstract
Our study aims at describing mortality among reported elder abuse experiences in rural Malaysia. This is a population-based cohort study with a multistage cluster sampling method. Older adults in Kuala Pilah (n = 1,927) were interviewed from November 2013 to May 2014. Mortality was traced after 2 years using the National Registration Department database. Overall, 139 (7.2%) respondents died. Fifteen (9.6%) abuse victims died compared to 124 (7.0%) not abused. Mortality was highest with financial abuse (13%), followed by psychological abuse (10.8%). There was a dose-response relationship between mortality and clustering of abuse: 7%, 7.7%, and 14.0% for no abuse, one type, and two types or more, respectively. Among abuse victims, 40% of deaths had ill-defined causes, 33% were respiratory-related, and 27% had cardiovascular and metabolic origin. Results suggest a link between abuse and mortality. Death proportions varied according to abuse subtypes and gender.
Keywords
Abuse outcome, Descriptive study, Effects of elder abuse, Elder mistreatment, Exploratory, Family violence, Malaysia, Mortality
Divisions
fac_med
Funders
University of Malaya Grand Challenge Programme: Preventing Elder Abuse and negleCt initiativE (PEACE; GC 001A−14HTM),University of Malaya Population Studies Unit (PSU)
Publication Title
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect
Volume
29
Issue
1
Publisher
Haworth Press