Authors
Sílvia Fraga, Jutta Lindert, Henrique Barros, Francisco Torres-Gonzalez, Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Mindaugas Stankunas, Joaquim F Soares
Publication date
2014/4/1
Journal
Preventive medicine
Volume
61
Pages
42-47
Publisher
Academic Press
Description
Objectives
To compare the prevalence of elder abuse using a multilevel approach that takes into account the characteristics of participants as well as socioeconomic indicators at city and country level.
Methods
In 2009, the project on abuse of elderly in Europe (ABUEL) was conducted in seven cities (Stuttgart, Germany; Ancona, Italy; Kaunas, Lithuania, Stockholm, Sweden; Porto, Portugal; Granada, Spain; Athens, Greece) comprising 4467 individuals aged 60–84 years. We used a 3-level hierarchical structure of data: 1) characteristics of participants; 2) mean of tertiary education of each city; and 3) country inequality indicator (Gini coefficient). Multilevel logistic regression was used and proportional changes in Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) were inspected to assert explained variance between models.
Results
The prevalence of elder abuse showed large variations across sites. Adding tertiary education to …
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