TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Violence against the Brazilian elderlies: an analysis of hospitalizations
JO  - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
A1  - Castro, Vivian Carla de
A1  - Rissardo, Leidyani Karina
A1  - Carreira, Ligia
SP  - 777
EP  - 785
VL  - 71
IS  - Suppl 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence of physical aggression and neglect and abandonment in the hospitalizations of Brazilian elderly people for violence and assault from 2008 to 2013 and the association of these causes with socio-demographic variables related to hospitalization. <br><br>METHOD: quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study with elderlies hospitalized for assault. INCLUSION CRITERIA: to be 60 years old or over, to have been hospitalized in the Unified Health System (SUS) for assault or neglect and abandonment, between 2008 and 2013. The data were collected in February 2016, in Datasus database and descriptive and inferentially, using the Chi-square distribution, in the Epi Info 3.5.4 program. <br><br>RESULTS: the prevalence of hospitalizations due to assaults and violence prevailed among 60 and 69 years old men in the public sector. For abandonment and neglect, there was a higher prevalence in women, over 80 years old, in the public sector. <br><br>CONCLUSION: nurses must be able to identify and prevent violence against the elderly.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0034-7167
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0139
ID  - ref1
ER  -