Abstract
Objective
To assess the prevalence and factors associated with violence in hospitalized elderly.
Method
Cross-sectional study conducted with 100 hospitalized elderly. The following instruments were applied: H-S / EAST, Perceived Stress Scale and Geriatric Depression Scale. Descriptive analysis was used for the sociodemographic and clinic characteristics. To associate age with H-S / EAST, the Mann-Whitney test was used; perceived stress with H-S / EAST the T test was used; and depressive symptoms with H-S / EAST the Likelihood Ratio test was used.
Results
The average age of the elderly was 70.39 and 56.0%, there was an increased risk for violation of personal rights, characteristics of vulnerability and potentially abusive situations. The factors associated with increased risk for violation of personal rights or direct abuse in the elderly were older age, perceived stress and symptoms of mild to severe depression.
Conclusion and implication for practice
These results show, the importance of careful observation of the elderly by the nurse to allow the identification of risk for violence or violation of rights. This allows establishing preventive actions, coordinated with the participation of other professionals as well as the correct referral of each situation, compliance with the legal duty of the profession and the citizen role.
Keywords:
Aged; Violence; Depression; Hospitalization; Nursing