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Elder abuse prevalence in community settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Full-text report
    Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2015-06-26
  • Year Published
    2017
  • Quality Rating
    9/11 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Spain (5); Canada (3); India (3); Mexico (3); Portugal (3); China (2); Ghana (2); Greece (2); Italy (2); Turkey (2); Colombia (1); Croatia (1); Egypt (1); Iran (Islamic Republic of) (1); Ireland (1); Israel (1); Lithuania (1); Malaysia (1); Netherlands (1); Peru (1); Korea (Republic of) (1); Sweden (1); Thailand (1); Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) (1); United Kingdom (1); United States (1); Hong Kong (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    Not applicable
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Community and social services
    Other social services
    Public safety and justice
    Victim support
    Sustainable Development Goals
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
    16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
    17. Partnerships for the goals
  • Social system topic(s)
    Implementation strategies
    Citizen-targeted strategy
    Information or education provision
    (Personal) Support
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Yon Y, Mikton CR, Gassoumis ZD, Wilber KH. Elder abuse prevalence in community settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Global Health. 2017;5(2):e147-e156.
  • DOI
    10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30006-2

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