SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST OLDER ADULTS BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Authors

  • Aline Balandis Costa
  • Francielle Renata Danielli Martins Marques
  • Natan Nascimento de Oliveira
  • Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira
  • Maria Aparecida Salci
  • Luiz Augusto Facchini
  • Lígia Carreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v28i0.93132

Keywords:

Violence, Older Adult Abuse, Spatial Analysis, COVID-19, Public Health Nursing.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the spatial distribution of violence against older adults in the Brazilian South region before and in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: an ecological study that analyzed reports of violence against older adults between 2019 and 2020, in Southern Brazil. Local empirical Bayesian rates, Moran's Local Autocorrelation Index and Getis Ord Gi analysis were calculated.

Results: there was a reduction in the smoothed rate of violence against older adults. The high-high and hot-spot cities in 2019 became more violent in 2020; and cities with low prevalence became less violent in 2020. The highest COVID-19 fatality rates were also in those cities with the highest violence rates.

Conclusion: the data reinforces the complexity of violence and its worsening due to the pandemic. In addition, they contribute to decision-making in Nursing, highlighting the need to encourage new research studies on this theme.

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Published

2023-11-16

How to Cite

Costa, A. B., Marques, F. R. D. M., Oliveira, N. N. de, Oliveira, R. R. de, Salci, M. A., Facchini, L. A., & Carreira, L. (2023). SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST OLDER ADULTS BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Cogitare Enfermagem, 28. https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v28i0.93132

Issue

Vol. 28 (2023)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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