Sociodemographic characterization and marital status of older adults victims of violence

Abstract

Introduction: violence against older adults is a global health problem. Objective: to characterize, from a sociodemographic and marital status point of view, violence in older adults belonging to Medical Office 174 of the “Hermanos Cruz” Polyclinic of the Pinar del Río municipality, in the period between September 2020 and April 2022. Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional research was carried out, which includes people over 60 years of age in medical office 174 belonging to the “Hermanos Cruz” University Polyclinic of the Pinar del Río municipality in the period from September 2020 to April 2022. The universe was made up of the 238 older adults (60 years and older) belonging to medical office 174 of the “Hermanos Cruz” University Polyclinic of the Pinar del Río municipality who were victims of some type of violence in the period of September 2020. to February 2022 and coincided with the sample. To obtain the information, the variables were evaluated: age, sex and marital status in the older adults and each one was diagnosed if they had been subjected to any type of abuse. Results: the female sex predominated (61,28 %). The predominant age group was 65 to 69 years (25,6 %). The majority of older adults who were victims of violence had a stable union as their marital status (26,4 %), followed by those who were married (24,4 %). Conclusions: an educational intervention should be carried out to help older adults and family members to confront different forms of violence in the family environment.