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. 2016 Jun 11;6(2):104–110. doi: 10.15171/hpp.2016.18

Table 2. Distribution of participants’ responses to questionnaire items .

Subscale Item Yes No No relevance
n % n % n %
Emotional neglect Family members indifference 130 52.8 116 47.2 - -
No visit or call by family members 127 51.6 119 48.4 - -
Care neglect o help for movement 110 44.7 115 46.7 21 8.5
No help for eating and drinking 84 34.1 115 46.7 47 19.1
No help for visiting physician 88 35.8 119 48.4 39 15.9
No help for providing and/or taking medications 80 32.5 117 47.6 49 19.9
No help for personal hygiene and bathing 51 20.7 73 29.7 122 46.6
No help for toilet and cleanliness 38 15.4 74 30.1 134 54.5
Failure to buy medical equipment such as eyeglasses 55 22.4 72 29.3 119 48.4
Failure to give food or water and fluids on time 41 16.7 153 62.2 52 21.1
No adherence to diet despite privilege 30 12.2 171 69.5 45 18.3
Failure to do outdoor activities such as shopping and paying bills 40 16.3 156 63.4 50 20.3
Failure to do home activities such as cleaning and maintenance 44 17.9 158 64.2 44 17.9
Financial neglect Failure to provide the needed money to supply basic life needs 35 14.2 159 64.6 52 21.1
Disrespectfully paying money in case of urgent need 22 8.9 164 66.7 60 24.4
No payment of money to provide prize or pay votive despite privilege 16 6.5 166 67.5 64 26.0
Failure to provide the required comfort appropriate for the elderly dignity 21 8.6 224 91.4 - -
Authority Deprivation Interdiction of social activities such as offering voluntary services 15 6.1 231 93.9 - -
Interdiction of traveling with friends and relatives 13 5.3 233 94.7 - -
Depriving grandchildren visit 9 3.7 131 53.3 106 43.1
Interdiction of the elderly awareness of important news about themselves 10 4.1 236 95.9 - -
Dictation of the ideas regarding choice of spouse, remarriage, or residence 5 2 125 50.8 116 47.2
No permission to use assets based on their own desire 17 6.9 229 93.1 - -
Interdiction of access to life equipment such as telephone and TV 11 4.5 235 95.5 - -
Changing appearance like cutting hairs without the elderly consent 12 4.9 234 95.1 - -
Forced sexual activity 0 0 247 100 - -
Forced touching sensitive parts of the body 0 0 247 100 - -
Psychological abuse Threatening such as threats of beating, imprisonment, deprivation of assistance 4 1.6 234 98.4 - -
Terrifying by breaking or ruining home appliances 10 4 237 96 - -
Revealing the secrets of the elderly with others 83 33.6 164 66.4 - -
Failure to give importance to personality, knowledge, ability, and experience of the elderly 41 16.7 205 83.3 - -
Blaming for no reason 44 17.8 203 82.2 - -
Addressing by means of impolite names, inappropriate tone and/or offensive language 33 13.4 214 86.6 - -
Shouting 30 12.1 217 87.9 - -
Doing offensive gestures 15 6.1 232 93.9 - -
Physical abuse Attempt to beat 6 2.4 241 97.6 - -
Throwing objects and furniture to the elderly 5 2 242 98 - -
Attempt to strangle the elderly 0 0 247 100 - -
Prescription of hypnotics or sedatives for no reason 5 2 242 98 - -
Financial abuse Borrowing money from others on behalf of and without the awareness of the elderly 18 7.3 229 92.7 - -
Failure to repay money borrowed from the elderly 101 40.9 146 59.1 - -
Imposing living costs on the elderly without their consent 12 4.8 235 95.1 - -
Obtaining possession of salary, money, equipment, home or property without the elderly consent 8 3.2 238 96.7 - -
No payment of inheritance 6 2.4 241 97.6 - -
Obtaining power of attorney by force or changing will without elderly consent 6 2.4 241 97.6 - -
Rejection Being driven from the homes of family members 3 1.2 244 98.8 - -
Being driven from his/her own home 5 2 242 98 - -
Abandoning the elderly in hospital 17 6.9 230 93.1 - -
Abandoning elderly in nursing home 0 0 247 100 - -