Domestic elder abuse in Yazd, Iran: a cross-sectional study
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Domestic elder abuse in Yazd, Iran: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND Social changes due to urbanism, acculturation, and fading of values have led to some challenges in family relationships, including domestic elder abuse. This study was conducted to determine elder abuse status in Yazd, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 elderly people over 60 years in Yazd in 2014-2015. Clustered random sampling was used to recruit the pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Promotion Perspectives
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2228-6497
DOI: 10.15171/hpp.2016.18