The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of elder abuse and associated factors among community-dwelling older adults Kerman province, Iran. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 200 elderly people in Kerman were included using multi-stage sampling. 51.4% of the elderly reported abuse. 17.5% reported physical abuse, 20.9% reported verbal abuse, and 26.4% reported non-verbal abuse. Also, 11.5% reported self-neglect and 6.5% were neglected by others. 11.4% of the elderly reported abandonment and 14.9% reported financial abuse. There was a significant relationship between economic stress and neglect (P = .01), the risk of abuse in the elderly with a very good health status was about 50% less than that in others (P < .001). Elderly experience different types of abuse. Therefore, proper knowledge of elder abuse, especially emotional abuse and its related factors, including economic stress and health status, can increase knowledge and sensitivity of society, in order to avoid this dilemma.

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伊朗社区居民中老年人的虐待老年人率和相关因素。

这项研究的目的是调查伊朗克尔曼省居住在社区中的老年人中虐待老年人的情况和相关因素。在这项横断面描述性研究中，采用多阶段抽样方法，将200名克尔曼州的老年人包括在内。51.4％的老年人报告虐待。17.5％的人称身体虐待​​，20.9％的人称语言虐待，26.4％的人称非语言虐待。此外，有11.5％的人表示自我忽视，而有6.5％的人被他人忽视。11.4％的老年人报告了被遗弃，14.9％的人报告了经济滥用。经济压力与忽视之间存在显着的关系（P = .01），健康状况良好的老年人遭受虐待的风险比其他人低50％（P <.001）。老年人会遭受不同类型的虐待。因此，对虐待老年人有适当的认识，