Intimate Partner Violence in Older Women in Spain: Prevalence, Health Consequences, and Service Utilization

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV)

Socioeconomic status, social relations and domestic violence (DV) against elderly people in Canada, Albania, Colombia and Brazil

“…Our findings of disproportionate experiences of psychological DV among women are consistent with the literature on violence in older adults(Duque, Leal, Marques, Eskinazi, & Duque, 2012;Laumann, Leitsch, & Waite, 2008). However, most studies of victimization in older adults have focused only on women(Bazargan-Hejazi et al, 2013;Bonomi et al, 2007;Chen et al, 2005;Chen, Rovi, Vega, Jacobs, & Johnson, 2009;Flood & Pease, 2009;Linos, Khawaja, & Al-Nsour, 2010;Montero et al, 2013;Stö ckl et al, 2012;Weeks & LeBlanc, 2011). Evidence from research on men is sufficiently strong to justify recommending the inclusion of a gender perspective in all analyses of DV in older populations(Dixon & Graham-Kevan, 2011; Esquivel-Santoveñ a & Dixon, 2012).…”

“…Those who report being the victims of physical violence are more likely to experience incontinence, anxiety, sleeping problems, and stress (Bonomi et al, 2007;Hadeed & El-Bassel, 2006). With few exceptions, most research in older adults has been carried out in North America and Europe (Acierno et al, 2010;Bazargan-Hejazi, Medeiros, Mohammadi, Lin, & Dalal, 2013;Bonomi et al, 2007;Chen, Rovi, Vega, Jacobs, & Johnson, 2005;Hadeed & El-Bassel, 2006;Montero et al, 2013;Stö ckl et al, 2012;Weeks & LeBlanc, 2011;Yan & Chan, 2012), with few studies conducted in Latin American settings such as Colombia and Brazil (Abath, Leal, Filho, & Marques, 2010;Espíndola & Blay, 2007;Jú nior, 2010;Minayo, 2003).…”

Analysis of Violence against Elderly Woman

“…In the first place, the high prevalence of this type of conduct should be emphasised (Cadmus and Owoaje, 2012;Montero et al, 2013;Stockl, Watts and Penhale, 2012;Orte and Sánchez, 2012;Suelves, Jané and Plasència, 2010). Some authors estimate its prevalence at 29.4%, with an average duration of 21 years for women over the age of 55 (Montero et al, 2013).…”

“…Some authors estimate its prevalence at 29.4%, with an average duration of 21 years for women over the age of 55 (Montero et al, 2013).…”

Prevalência de violência por parceiro íntimo em idosos e fatores associados: revisão sistemática

“…However, in US studies, women older than 55 years were more affected by IPV than younger women 7 , with intimate partners accounting for 13-50% of the abuse committed 8 . Similarly, in Spain, 29.4% of elderly women suffered this type of violence 9 . In Brazil, the prevalence of intimate partner violence in the study of elderly women and men was 5.9% for physical violence and 20.9% for psychological violence 10 , while in Brazil and Colombia, a study carried out with 60-74 year-olds, IPV found prevalence of psychological violence in women of 26.0% and 20.4%, respectively.…”