Mortality among elder abuse victims in rural Malaysia: A two-year population-based descriptive study

• Main Authors: Yunus, R.M., Hairi, N.N., Choo, W.Y., Hairi, Farizah Mohd, Sooryanarayana, R., Ahmad, S.N., Razak, I.A., Peramalah, D., Aziz, S.A., Mohammad, Z.L., Mohamad, R., Ali, Z.M., Bulgiba, A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Haworth Press 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18887/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2016.1260083

Our study aims at describing mortality among reported elder abuse experiences in rural Malaysia. This is a population-based cohort study with a multistage cluster sampling method. Older adults in Kuala Pilah (n = 1,927) were interviewed from November 2013 to May 2014. Mortality was traced after 2 ye...