TY - JOUR
T1 - U.S. Population Estimates and Correlates of Sexual Abuse of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
AU - Cannell, Michael B.
AU - Manini, Todd
AU - Spence-Almaguer, Emily
AU - Maldonado-Molina, Mildred
AU - Andresen, Elena M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded in part by the Florida Office on Disability and Health; CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (#U59DD000273), and by the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at the University of Florida. Dr. Andresen was funded for this work in part by the Oregon Health & Science University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities; Administration on Developmental Disabilities (now the Administration for Community Living) (90DD0684 01), and the Oregon Office on Disability and Health; CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Human Development and Disability (1U59DD00942-01).
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - We describe the annual prevalence of sexual abuse among community-dwelling older adults in the United States. We also describe factors associated with experiencing sexual abuse. We used data from 24,343 older adults from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pooled across 18 states. We estimated prevalence of sexual abuse, bivariate distributions, and odds ratio associations across demographic, health, and contextual factors. Our results show that 0.9% of older adults reported experiencing sexual abuse in the previous year. This represents approximately 90,289 community-dwelling older adults. We also report on factors associated with experiencing recent sexual abuse. There was a significant gender by binge drinking interaction, with a stronger association among women. There is a need for health promotion efforts targeted specifically toward older adults, encouraging them to seek services, if possible, after exposure to sexual abuse.
AB - We describe the annual prevalence of sexual abuse among community-dwelling older adults in the United States. We also describe factors associated with experiencing sexual abuse. We used data from 24,343 older adults from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pooled across 18 states. We estimated prevalence of sexual abuse, bivariate distributions, and odds ratio associations across demographic, health, and contextual factors. Our results show that 0.9% of older adults reported experiencing sexual abuse in the previous year. This represents approximately 90,289 community-dwelling older adults. We also report on factors associated with experiencing recent sexual abuse. There was a significant gender by binge drinking interaction, with a stronger association among women. There is a need for health promotion efforts targeted specifically toward older adults, encouraging them to seek services, if possible, after exposure to sexual abuse.
KW - BRFSS
KW - abuse
KW - population
KW - sexual
KW - surveillance
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U2 - 10.1080/08946566.2013.879845
DO - 10.1080/08946566.2013.879845
M3 - Article
C2 - 24410194
AN - SCOPUS:84902800487
VL - 26
SP - 398
EP - 413
JO - Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect
JF - Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect
SN - 0894-6566
IS - 4
ER -