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Prevalence and associated factors of elder abuse in family caregivers of older people with dementia in central China cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Wang Min,
Sun Huimin,
Zhang Junjian,
Ruan Juan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.5020
Subject(s) - dementia , elder abuse , psychological intervention , family caregivers , clinical psychology , psychiatry , caregiver burden , descriptive statistics , social support , psychology , cross sectional study , coping (psychology) , clinical dementia rating , medicine , gerontology , poison control , disease , suicide prevention , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , pathology , psychotherapist
Objective To explore the abuse risk and related important determinants among older people with dementia in central China. Methods In this cross‐sectional descriptive study, a sample of 158 family caregivers of older people with dementia was conveniently recruited from the Clinical Medicine Research Center of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment in Hubei Province, China. A social‐demographic questionnaire, the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ), the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI), and the Caregiver Abuse Screen (CASE) were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, Mann‐Whitney U tests, Kruskal‐Wallis tests, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, and logistic regression analysis were used for the data analyses. Results The results demonstrate that 77.8% reported a risk of the abuse of older people with dementia. Moreover, positive and negative reactions, subjective support, and emotional, social, and physical burden were associated with family caregivers' abusive behaviours. Conclusion This was a study conducted to examine the risk of the abuse of older people with dementia by family caregivers in central China. Elder abuse is prevalent among people with dementia. The present results confirmed the need to focus on family caregiver burden, coping styles, and social support in future interventions to prevent elder abuse.