Table 1 Frequency of abuse subtypes reported to the NCEA call center and results of chi-square tests of independence comparing frequencies of abuse subtypes between Time 1 and Time 2
From: Elder abuse in the COVID-19 era based on calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse resource line
Time 1 | Time 2 | Chi-square results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | p-value | ||
Financial Abuse | 364 | 45.79% | 226 | 41.09% | 2.911 | p = 0.088 |
Physical Abuse | 51 | 6.42% | 79 | 14.36% | 23.524 | p < 0.001 |
Sexual Abuse | 7 | 0.88% | 8 | 1.45% | 0.971 | p = 0.324 |
Emotional Abuse | 230 | 28.93% | 197 | 35.82% | 7.117 | p = 0.008 |
Neglect | 176 | 22.14% | 117 | 21.27% | 0.143 | p = 0.705 |
Unspecified | 142 | 17.86% | 102 | 18.55% | 0.184 | p = 0.668 |
Mention of COVID-19 | - | - | 59 | 10.73% | - | - |