社區志工對老人虐待知識與態度之探討

背景：老人保護問題是人權之捍衛和保障，除運用跨專業整合，更必須結合社區組織力量以健全之老人保護網絡。目的：1.了解社區志工對老人虐待之知識與態度。 2.了解社區志工基本屬性和老人虐待知識、態度之相關性。3.了解社區志工老人虐待態度之預測因子。方法：採用橫斷式調查研究，使用結構式問卷以立意取樣調查台灣東北部某一鄉鎮從事社區老人服務之志工，共收案400人。結果：1.整體老人受虐知識平均146.9±28.47分。整體受虐態度量表平均47.34±7.85分。2.志工教育程度與整體老人受虐知識有顯著相關（F = 4.31, p ＜ 0.5）；家庭型態與整體老人受虐知識有顯著相關（F = 10.68, p ＜ .001）；不同志工服務經驗者在老人受虐知識有顯著差異（p ＜ .05）。整體老人受虐知識與整體老人受虐態度達顯著正相關（r = .24，p ＜ .001）。3.志工教育程度（F = 4.32, p ＜ .05）、家庭型態（F = 4.92, p ＜ .01）、及目前與65歲以上老人同住（F = 6.33, p ＜ .001）與整體老人受虐態度有顯著相關性。不同的志工服務經驗在老人受虐態度得分有顯著差異（p ＜ .05）。4.老人受虐態度之預測因子，國中畢業志工的態度表現優於國小畢業者（t = 2.07 , p ＜ .05）；屬於折衷家庭態度表現優於小家庭（t = 2.30 , p ＜ .05）。

關鍵字

老人虐待；老人虐待知識；老人虐待態度；社區志工

並列摘要

Background: The protection of the elderly is the defense and protection of human rights. In addition to the use of cross-professional integration, it is necessary to combine the community organizations to improve the protection of the elderly. Purposes: (1) To understand knowledge and attitudes of community volunteers toward elder abuse; (2) to examine the association of the basic information of community volunteers to their knowledge and attitudes toward elder abuse; and (3) to understand the predictors of community volunteer elder abuse attitudes. Method: A cross-sectional study with purposive sampling was used. A structured questionnaire was used to survey volunteers engaged in community services for the elderly in a town in northeastern Taiwan. A total of 400 cases were collected. Results: (1) The mean score of knowledge of elder abuse was 146.9 ± 28.47 and mean score of attitudes toward elder abuse was 47.34 ± 7.85; (2) The education of volunteers was significantly correlated with the knowledge of elder abuse (F = 4.31, p ＜ 0.5); the family type was significantly correlated to the knowledge of elder abuse (F = 10.68, p ＜ .001); volunteers with difference experience had significant difference of knowledge (p ＜ .05); the overall knowledge of elder abuse was positively correlated to the overall attitudes toward elder abuse (r = .24, p ＜ .001); (3) volunteers' education (F = 4.32, p ＜ .05), family type (F = 4.92, p ＜ .002), and currently living with elderly relatives aged over 65 (F = 6.33, p ＜ .001) were significantly correlated to the attitudes toward elder abuse. Volunteers with difference service experience had significant difference in attitudes toward elder abuse (p ＜ .05); and (4) In terms of the predictors of attitudes, volunteers with junior high school education performed better than elementary school graduates (t = 2.07, p ＜ .05); volunteers from a stem family performed better than those from a nuclear family (t = 2.30 , p ＜ .05).

並列關鍵字

lder abuse ； knowledge of elder abuse ； attitudes toward elder abuse ； community volunteers

參考文獻

世界衛生組織（WHO）（2011）‧世界衛生組織歐洲辦公室出版「防止老人受虐」報告（The european report on preventing elder maltreatment. copenhagen, WHO European Regional. Office for Europe）‧取自http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/144676/e95110.pdf.