Profile of violence against the older adults in Brazil according to Brazilian capitals.

INTRODUCTION

Violence against older adults is a public health problem, being camouflaged in society due to the relationship between aggressors and victims.

OBJECTIVE

to analyze the profile of violence against older person in Brazil according to data from Brazilian capitals between 2011 and 2019, emphasizing the characteristics of the victims, the aggressors and the violence.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

This is a temporal ecological epidemiological research, collecting information from the DATASUS database of the Ministry of Health, and consulting the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). The population was made up of older adults with reported cases of violence between 2011 and 2019.

RESULTS

The majority of cases were female, with schooling corresponding to incomplete 1st-4th grade, white, with physical violence being the most recurrent, with repetition, within the residence, and the main aggressors were the children.

DISCUSSION: The predominance of females is justified by gender/ sociocultural, the majority of victims are white, consistent with Brazilian self declaration, level of education and greater distribution of uneducated older adults. Physical violence is the most prevalent, as it is more visible, favoring its identification. Older adults spend more time at home, triggering risk factors related to the aggressors, with children being more prevalent due to family structural changes.

CONCLUSION

The study made it possible to profile violence against the old person, exposing the characteristics of this population and identifying possible risk/protective factors; the study also made it possible to identify the importance of correctly filling out the report form and the need to readjust the physical form and the information system.