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Intimate partner violence in older women in Spain: prevalence, health consequences, and service utilization.
Marta TalaveraIsabel MonteroDavid Martín-baenaCarmen Vives-casesIsabel Ruiz-pérezVicenta Escribà-agüirsubject
Healthcare utilizationWomen's healthHealth StatusPoison controlSuicide preventionOccupational safety and healthGender StudiesAgeNursingService utilizationSurveys and QuestionnairesInjury preventionHealth carePrevalenceMedicineHumansDones Salut i higieneAgedPersones grans MaltractamentAnalgesicsbusiness.industryHuman factors and ergonomicsDones maltractadesHealth ServicesMiddle AgedAntidepressive AgentsIntimate partner violenceCross-Sectional StudiesTranquilizing AgentsSpainMedicina Preventiva y Salud PúblicaSpouse AbuseDomestic violenceDones Delictes contraWomen's HealthFemaleGeriatrics and GerontologybusinessDemographydescription
The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV) in older women and to analyze its effect on women"s health and Healthcare Services utilization. Women aged 55 years and over (1,676) randomly sampled from Primary Healthcare Services around Spain were included. Lifetime IPV prevalence, types, and duration were calculated. Descriptive and multivariate procedures using logistic and multiple lineal regression models were used. Of the women studied, 29.4% experienced IPV with an average duration of 21 years. Regardless of the type of IPV experienced, abused women showed significantly poorer health and higher healthcare services utilization compared to women who had never been abused. The high prevalence detected long standing duration, negative health impact, and high healthcare services utilization, calling attention to a need for increased efforts aimed at addressing IPV in older women.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-01 | Journal of womenaging |