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A Path to Prevention of Elder Abuse in Long-term Care. General Population Prevalence Study

NCT06786065 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 7727

Last updated 2025-01-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this cross-sectional study is to learn about how common experiences of different forms of abuse are among people over the age of 65 years in Sweden. The main question it aims to answer is:

• What is the prevalence of abuse of older people in Sweden?

Participants are recruited through a random selection of people over 65 years from the populations register. Eligible participants are asked to answer a questionnaire including items about experiences of emotional, physical, sexual or financial abuse as well as neglect.

Conditions

  • Elder Abuse

Interventions

OTHER

No intervention (observational study)

No intervention (observational study)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Region Östergötland

    collaborator OTHER

  • City of Gothenburg

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Karolinska Institutet

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Linkoeping University

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Johanna Simm, MD, PhD · Linkoeping University

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-30
Primary Completion
2025-01-13
Completion
2025-01-13

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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