Table 3 Abusive behaviours and perpetrators distribution reported by the participants from the two surveys of elderly persons
From: Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators and abusive behaviours
Population-based survey | Victims’ survey | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n(%) | n(%) | ||
Physical | Physical aggression | 36 (14.8) | 430 (84.7) |
Hindering of speaking or meeting someone | 19 (7.8) | 113 (22.5) | |
Psychological | Threaten to abandon, harm, punish or institutionalize | 48 (19.7) | 194 (38.6) |
Verbal aggression, insulting, humiliating | 113 (46.5) | 315 (62.0) | |
Ignoring or refusal to talk | 105 (43.6) | 182 (36.6) | |
Financial | Stealing or using property without consent | 65 (26.5) | 180 (36.4) |
Undue household appropriation | 19 (7.8) | 129 (25.8) | |
Perpetratora | Spouse/ partner | 60 (26.8) | 243 (48.2) |
Children/grandchildren | 47 (21.0) | 213 (42.3) | |
Other | 140 (62.5) | 48 (9.5) | |
N | 245 | 510 | |