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Table 3 Number and percentage of scores of elder abuse by caregivers and its aspects by the severity of elder abuse (n = 367)

From: Structural equation model of affecting factors on elder abuse to patients under hemodialysis by family caregivers

Elder abuse by caregivers and its aspects

Mean ± SD

severity of elder abuse by caregivers

Low

Number (%)

Moderate

Number (%)

Extreme

Number (%)

Psychological Misbehavior

10.86 ± 3.07

71(19.2)

245(66.8)

51(14)

Authority Deprivation

12.70 ± 3.23

60(16.3)

263(71.7)

44(12)

Physical Misbehavior

3.49 ± 1.08

103(28.1)

247(67.3)

17(4.6)

Financial Misbehavior

19.07 ± 5.33

94(25.6)

242(65.9)

31(8.5)

Being Abandoned

7.15 ± 2.14

91(24.8)

234(63.8)

42(11.4)

Caring Neglect

13.06 ± 4.40

79(21.5)

262(71.4)

26(7.1)

Emotional Misbehavior

21.46 ± 6.09

254(69.2)

97(26.4)

16(4.4)

Total

87.89 ± 19.75

96(26.2)

257(70)

14(3.8)