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<sec><h3>Objectives</h3>
<p>To examine the prevalence of and identify the predictive factors for elder mistreatment (EM) in Chinese migrant families.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 489 rural migrant elderly were recruited using multistage sampling technique from communities in Wenzhou city between June 2020 and October 2020. All participants completed the Mini-Cog, and then data were collected in a survey using the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey Questionnaire, Abuser's Dependency Scale, the Friendship Scale (FS), Intergenerational Ambivalence Scale, Filial Piety Index, the Assessment Tool of Domestic Elder Abuse, and a demographic questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were carried out to analyze the data.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>The prevalences of physical mistreatment, psychological mistreatment, neglect, economic mistreatment, and social mistreatment among the migrant elderly were 1.23%, 20.65%, 22.50%, 0.61%, and 9.41%, respectively. Significant predictive factors were migrant elderlies’ mental health status (β = −0.118, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.01), adult children's filial piety (FP) (β = −0.245, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001), and intergene rational ambivalence (β = 0.365, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001).</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>EM was common among the migrant elderly. Predictive factors for EM in Chinese migrant families were identified. The findings could be useful in developing nursing interventions to promote migrant elderlies’ mental health, uphold their children's FP, and harmonize intergenerational relationship to avoid EM.</p>
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Objectives
To examine the prevalence of and identify the predictive factors for elder mistreatment (EM) in Chinese migrant families.

Methods
This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 489 rural migrant elderly were recruited using multistage sampling technique from communities in Wenzhou city between June 2020 and October 2020. All participants completed the Mini-Cog, and then data were collected in a survey using the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey Questionnaire, Abuser's Dependency Scale, the Friendship Scale (FS), Intergenerational Ambivalence Scale, Filial Piety Index, the Assessment Tool of Domestic Elder Abuse, and a demographic questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were carried out to analyze the data.

Results
The prevalences of physical mistreatment, psychological mistreatment, neglect, economic mistreatment, and social mistreatment among the migrant elderly were 1.23%, 20.65%, 22.50%, 0.61%, and 9.41%, respectively. Significant predictive factors were migrant elderlies’ mental health status (β = −0.118, P < 0.01), adult children's filial piety (FP) (β = −0.245, P < 0.001), and intergene rational ambivalence (β = 0.365, P < 0.001).

Conclusions
EM was common among the migrant elderly. Predictive factors for EM in Chinese migrant families were identified. The findings could be useful in developing nursing interventions to promote migrant elderlies’ mental health, uphold their children's FP, and harmonize intergenerational relationship to avoid EM.

Prevalence and predictive factors of elder mistreatment in Chinese migrant families<xref ref-type="fn" rid="j_fon-2022-0015_fn_001"><sup>†</sup></xref>

Department of Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing

Department of Maternal-Child Nursing and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing

Department of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing

Frontiers of Nursing

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Prevalence and predictive factors of elder mistreatment in Chinese migrant families

Objectives
To examine the prevalence of and identify the predictive factors for elder mistreatment (EM) in Chinese migrant families.

Methods
This was a...

Prevalence and predictive factors of elder mistreatment in Chinese migrant families^†

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 03, 2022

Page range: 165 - 172

Received: Mar 03, 2022

Accepted: Apr 22, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0015

Keywords
elderly, elder mistreatment, migrant, prevalence, risk factors

© 2022 Ye-Qing Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Prevalence and predictive factors of elder mistreatment in Chinese migrant families†

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 03, 2022

Page range: 165 - 172

Received: Mar 03, 2022

Accepted: Apr 22, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0015

Keywordselderly, elder mistreatment, migrant, prevalence, risk factors

© 2022 Ye-Qing Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Prevalence and predictive factors of elder mistreatment in Chinese migrant families^†

Keywords
elderly, elder mistreatment, migrant, prevalence, risk factors