TABLE 2.
Logistic Regressions and Correlates for Past-Year Potential Neglect and Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Mistreatment, and Current Financial Mistreatment by Family: The National Elder Mistreatment Study, 2008
| Type of Mistreatmenta | OR (95% CI) | b | Wald | P |
| Emotional | ||||
| Age (< 70 y) | 3.16 (2.10, 4.75) | 1.15 | 30.3 | .001 |
| Employment (unemployed) | 0.55 (0.36, 0.84) | −0.60 | 7.8 | .005 |
| Health (poor) | 1.46 (0.99, 2.17) | −0.38 | 3.6 | .058 |
| Previous traumatic event | 2.27 (1.47, 3.51) | 0.82 | 13.6 | .001 |
| Social support (low) | 3.17 (2.14, 4.69) | −1.15 | 33.3 | .001 |
| Need for ADL assistance | 1.83 (1.24, 2.71) | 0.61 | 9.28 | .002 |
| Physical | ||||
| Age (< 70 y) | 4.10 (1.59, 10.60) | 1.41 | 8.5 | .004 |
| Gender (woman) | 1.14 (0.52, 2.51) | −0.13 | 0.1 | .738 |
| Race (non-White) | 0.63 (0.19, 2.08) | −0.47 | 0.6 | .445 |
| Income (lower) | 1.85 (0.77, 4.43) | 0.61 | 1.9 | .169 |
| Health (poor) | 1.69 (0.73, 3.92) | −0.53 | 1.5 | .220 |
| Previous traumatic event | 1.57 (0.64, 3.88) | 0.45 | 1.0 | .327 |
| Social support (low) | 2.95 (1.19, 7.30) | −1.08 | 5.5 | .019 |
| Sexual | ||||
| Gender (woman) | 2.01 (0.62, 6.61) | 0.70 | 1.3 | .247 |
| Income (lower) | 1.80 (0.52, 6.26) | 0.59 | 0.9 | .354 |
| Health (poor) | 0.96 (0.27, 3.45) | 0.03 | 0.0 | .955 |
| Previous traumatic event | 13.98 (1.11, 175.46) | 2.64 | 4.2 | .041 |
| Social support (low) | 5.68 (1.30, 2.44) | −1.74 | 5.4 | .021 |
| Need for ADL assistance | 0.37 (0.10, 1.35) | −0.99 | 2.2 | .134 |
| Potential neglectb | ||||
| Gender (woman) | 0.81 (0.52, 1.26) | −0.21 | 0.9 | .350 |
| Race (non-White) | 1.87 (1.13, 3.08) | 0.63 | 6.0 | .014 |
| Income (lower) | 2.00 (1.20, 3.18) | 0.67 | 7.3 | .007 |
| Unemployed | 1.03 (0.45, 2.37) | 0.03 | 0.0 | .944 |
| Health (poor) | 2.18 (1.42, 3.37) | −0.78 | 12.5 | .001 |
| Previous traumatic event | 1.12 (0.71, 1.78) | 0.12 | 0.2 | .621 |
| Social support (low) | 4.14 (2.34, 7.35) | −1.42 | 23.6 | .001 |
| Use of social services (no) | 1.38 (0.89, 2.12) | −0.32 | 2.1 | .148 |
| Need for ADL assistance | 1.58 (∞,∞) | 18.84 | 0.0 | .985 |
| Financial mistreatment (family) | ||||
| Race (non-White) | 1.29 (0.89, 1.89) | 0.26 | 1.8 | .183 |
| Health (poor) | 1.32 (0.98, 1.79) | −0.28 | 3.4 | .066 |
| Previous traumatic event | 1.28 (0.96, 1.08) | 0.24 | 2.8 | .095 |
| Use of social services (no) | 0.75 (0.57, 0.98) | 0.29 | 4.4 | .036 |
| Need for ADL assistance | 2.00 (1.51, 2.64) | 0.69 | 23.9 | .001 |
Note. ADL = activities of daily living; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
a
The level of the variable given in parenthesis represents the reference value of the variable, which is also the level the variable hypothesized to be associated with increased risk. CIs that range above 1.00 represent increased risk for the reference variable and CIs that range below 1.00 indicate decreased risk.
b
Identified need for assistance that no one was actively addressing.