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Loneliness and mistreatment of older Chinese women — does social support matter?
Author(s)	Xinqi Dong, Todd Beck, Melissa A Simon
Journal title	Journal of Women & Aging, vol 21, no 4, 2009
Pages	pp 293-302
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Older women ; Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Loneliness ; Attitude ; Informal care ; Cross sectional surveys ; China.
Annotation	The objectives of this study are to examine the association of loneliness and mistreatment of older Chinese women, and to examine the potential modifying effect of social support on these associations. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of 141 older women presented to an urban medical centre in Nanjing. After adjusting for confounders, every 1-point increase in the loneliness score was associated with 44% increased risk for mistreatment. After adding the interaction of social support (social support x loneliness), loneliness was no longer associated with increased risk for mistreatment. Greater social support, particularly perceived social support, may modify loneliness as a risk factor for the mistreatment of older Chinese women. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100331212 A
Classmark	BD: QNT: QNR: DV: DP: P6: 3KB: 7DC
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