Prevalence and correlates of elder neglect in the community-dwelling Chinese population: New evidence from the CLHLS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to explore the prevalence of elder neglect (EN) and its associated factors among community-based Chinese older adults.

Methods

We used data from the 2018 phase of a nationwide cross-sectional study, the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), which recruited 15,854 older adults to complete the study interviews that incorporated six dimensions of EN, namely, life neglect, social isolation, medical neglect, poor living situation, family neglect, and social neglect. Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore factors associated with EN.

Results

We included demographic factors, chronic diseases, cognitive function, and daily activity function in our comprehensive analysis and showed that they had different effects on the

SUBMITTER: Fu YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040648 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature