Resumen

MARTINEZ MUNOZ, Lidiana et al. Knowledge about mistreatment to elderly persons by a group of old people in the Polyclinic Bernardo Posse. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: violence towards elderly persons is a world-wide phenomenon that also affects Cuban homes. People comment about the mistreatment towards children and women, but they forget the mistreatments that elderly people suffer in the neighbourhood, in health institutions and at home at present. Objective: to evaluate the knowledge of a group of elderly people in three medical consultations from Bernardo Posse Polyclinic. Material and Methods: a descriptive and analytical study was carried out to 410 elderly people over 60 years, in a basic working group from three medical consultations. It was applied a questionnaire with variables such as: distribution by age- groups, knowledge about the types of mistreatment: psychological, abandoning, violence, negligence, financial and social. Results: elderly people demonstrated a great knowledge about the mistreatment they are submitted such as: the emotional negligence and the financial. They manifested less knowledge about the social mistreatment followed by the physical negligence. Conclusions: it is necessary to divulge the mistreatment elderly people are submitted. Their unknowing constitute a risk factor to suffer from violence in silence.

Palabras clave : longevity; mistreatment; abandoning; negligence.

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