Relationship between Emotional Abuse and Depression among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Despite recent advances, there is little research on factors associated with emotional abuse among Korean older adults. The presentstudy investigated the relationships between depression and emotional abuse among community-dwelling Korean olderadults. We analyzed the dataset from the Survey of Living Conditions and Welfare Needs of Korean Older Persons conducted bythe Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs in 2011. Older adults (aged >65 years, n=10674) were randomly selected. Multivariatelogistic regression was used to investigate factors associated with emotional abuse in terms of sociodemographic, healthrelated,and psychological variables, including depression using the short version of the Geriatric Depression Scale. In our study,9.4% of the older adults reported experiencing emotional abuse in the previous year. In addition, 44.0% of those experiencingemotional abuse suffered from depression. Multiple logistic regression modeling showed that depression in older adults was independentlyassociated with emotional abuse [odds ratio (OR)=1.788, p<0.001]. Along with depression, poor social support (ORfor no social support=1.712, p<0.001) and having chronic illnesses (OR for more than 3=1.481, p<0.005) were associated an increasedrisk of emotional abuse. Our results showed that emotional abuse among older adults in Korea is prevalent. Our findingssuggest that depression, poor social support, and having chronic illnesses are significant factors associated with emotional abuseamong the Korean older adult population. Addressing these factors with preventive interventions could have significant publichealth implications. Further studies are warranted to gain a better understanding of emotional abuse in older Korean adults.

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