Resumen

ENAMORADO PINA, Gertrudis Valentina; PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, Jorge; DOMINGUEZ CANCINO, Ana  y  RODRIGUEZ ENAMORADO, José Edilberto. Domestic violence against the elderly in a community of Guinea Bissau. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.7, pp.1053-1059. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in 75 older adults who suffered domestic violence, belonging to the doctor's office of "Raúl Díaz Argüelles" Medical College from Gabú city in Guinea Bissau, from December 2010 to the same month of 2011, in order to characterize them according to variates of interest for research, for which the patients were surveyed and past medical and family history was reviewed. In the series females, age group of 60-64 years, the illiterate, big families, and psychological abuse as the most common kind of violence predominated. The main aspects of the topic were analyzed, which allowed to justify the good clinical practices in caring for these patients.

Palabras clave : elderly; older adult; domestic violence; good clinical practices; Guinea Bissa.

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