Elder abuse in Lebanese primary care: prevalence and predictors from a cross-sectional study
Lewaa Shoujaa, Marwan Azzam, Lina Abdouni, Reine Obeid, Danielle Mattar, Jana Ahmad, Wael Chami, Elie Toni Korbani, Jinan Usta, Umayya Musharrafieh, Georges Assaf · 2025
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Lewaa Shoujaa and ten co-authors present a 2025 study on elder abuse among older adults in Lebanese primary care. Abuse of older people harms health and social life, yet data from Lebanon are thin. The team screened 249 adults aged sixty and older at a family medicine clinic in Beirut over twelve months. They asked about physical, psychological, and financial abuse, plus neglect, and measured frailty and mental state.
About one in five participants reported at least one form of abuse. Psychological abuse was most common, followed by neglect, with physical and financial abuse rarer. Frail elders faced higher odds of abuse than sturdy ones. Money support from children linked to lower odds, while care by adult children rather than a spouse linked to higher odds. The authors urge clinics to screen for abuse and frailty routinely and to support caregivers.
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| CREATOR | Lewaa Shoujaa, Marwan Azzam, Lina Abdouni, Reine Obeid, Danielle Mattar, Jana Ahmad, Wael Chami, Elie Toni Korbani, Jinan Usta, Umayya Musharrafieh, Georges Assaf |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |