%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluaci¨®n del maltrato en ancianos pertenecientes a un policl¨ªnico universitario Evaluation of abuse to the elderly belonging to an university polyclinic
%A Neity Mendo Alcolea
%A Nadia In¨¦s Infante Tav¨ªo
%A Sonia Ester Lamote Moya
%A Salvador Jes¨²s N¨²£¿ez Beris
%J MEDISAN
%D 2012
%I Centro Provincial de Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X Se realiz¨® un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 3 382 ancianos pertenecientes al ¨¢rea de salud del Policl¨ªnico Universitario "Frank Pa¨ªs Garc¨ªa" de Santiago de Cuba, durante el primer semestre del 2011, con vistas a evaluar algunas variables de inter¨¦s relacionadas con el maltrato a este grupo poblacional. Los integrantes de la casu¨ªstica de menos edad fueron los m¨¢s afectados, con mayor frecuencia del da o psicol¨®gico, la negligencia y el financiero familiar (en ese orden), en tanto, aquellos m¨¢s longevos padecieron, en menor cuant¨ªa, abusos f¨ªsicos y carencias econ¨®micas. Asimismo, el sexo masculino result¨® mayormente perjudicado en casi todas las formas de agravio y la familia constituy¨®, en general, la principal perpetradora del maltratamiento al anciano, de la cual los comisores fundamentales eran los hijos y nietos. A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 3 382 aged persons belonging to the health area of "Frank Pa¨ªs Garc¨ªa" University Polyclinic from Santiago de Cuba, was carried out during the first semester of the 2011, aimed at evaluating some interest variables related to the abuse to this populational group. The younger members of the case material were the most affected, with higher frequency of psychological damage, negligence and family-financial damage (in that order), while the older ones suffered, physical abuses and economic scarcities, in lower quantity. Also, the male sex was mostly damaged in almost all the offense forms and the family constituted, in general, the main perpetrator of the ill-treatment to the elderly, from which children and grandchildren were mainly those committing abuse.
%K maltrato al anciano
%K violencia intrafamiliar
%K atenci¨®n primaria de salud
%K abuse to elderly
%K family violence
%K primary health care
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