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1052/2012 - Violence against the elderly: analysis of the notifications made in the health sector - Brazil, 2010
Violência contra a pessoa idosa: análise das notificações realizadas no setor saúde – Brasil, 2010

Author:

• Márcio Dênis Medeiros Mascarenhas - Mascarenhas MDM - Teresina, Piauí - Coordenação Geral de Vigilância de Doenças e Agravos Não Transmissíveis (CGDANT), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS), Ministério da Saúde (MS), Brasília-DF; Fundação Municipal de Saúde, Teresina-PI; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Univ - <mdm.mascarenhas@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Silvânia Suely Caribe de Araújo Andrade - Andrade, S.S.C.A. - Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-SP - <silvaniasuely@gmail.com >
• Alice Cristina Medeiros das Neves - Neves, A.C.M. - Coordenação Geral de Vigilância de Doenças e Agravos Não Transmissíveis (CGDANT), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS), Ministério da Saúde (MS), Brasília-DF - <alice.medeiros@saude.gov.br >
• Ana Amélia Galas Pedrosa - Pedrosa, A.A.G - Teresina, PI - Fundação Municipal de Saúde, Teresina-PI - <anaameliapedrosa@gmail.com>
• Marta Maria Alves da Silva - SILVA, MMA - Coordenação Geral de Vigilância de Doenças e Agravos Não Transmissíveis (CGDANT), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS), Ministério da Saúde (MS), Brasília-DF - <marta.silva@saude.gov.br>
• Deborah de Carvalho Malta - Malta, D.C. - Coordenação Geral de Vigilância de Doenças e Agravos Não Transmissíveis (CGDANT), Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS), Ministério da Saúde (MS), Brasília-DF - <deborah.malta@saude.gov.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to describe reports of violence against the elderly (≥ 60 years) captured by the Information System for Notifiable Diseases - version net (Sinan Net) in 2010. We conducted a descriptive, retrospective study, with data analyzed in Stata version 11. We estimated ratios of proportions (RP) of violence according to selected variables. Of the 3,593 reports of violence against the elderly, 52.3% were related to the female. Physical violence was significantly more frequent in males (RP=0.82) in the group aged 60 to 69 years, out of home, committed by offenders who were not sons, suspected of drinking alcohol. Psychological violence was more common among elderly people (RP=2.17), at home, inflicted by sons, with suspected use of alcohol and in a chronic way. Negligence was predominant among females (RP=1.24), the group from 70 years, in the home, perpetrated by sons and appellant. Sexual violence was more common among females (RP=5.21), for offenders who were not children, but they consumed alcohol. The knowledge of the different manifestations of violence against the elderly subsidizes actions to fight them, identifying characteristics of vulnerability where support networks may intervene.

Keywords:

violence elderly abuse ageing epidemiological surveillance

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Mascarenhas MDM, Andrade, S.S.C.A., Neves, A.C.M., Pedrosa, A.A.G, SILVA, MMA, Malta, D.C.. Violence against the elderly: analysis of the notifications made in the health sector - Brazil, 2010. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Jul). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/violence-against-the-elderly-analysis-of-the-notifications-made-in-the-health-sector-brazil-2010/10682



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