Análise da violência contra a pessoa idosa na pandemia da COVID-19 no estado do Pará

Abstract

The present study’s theme is the domestic violence against elderly people during the covid-19 pandemic in the state of Pará, in order to broaden the debate on the subject and offer theoretical elements that help to better understand the situation of vulnerability of the elderly in the face of the pandemic context in the state. Objective: Analyze the occurrence of this type of violence and the variables that involve it in general. Methodology: The type of research was ecological exploratory time series, with data obtained from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) that were used under the management of the Department of Epidemiology of the State Department of Public Health of Pará (SESPA). The variables analyzed were gender, age, color, schooling, marital status, type of physical disability, mental disability, municipality of occurrence, place of occurrence, revictimization, type of violence, number of aggressors, relationship with the person victimized by aggression and alcohol use by the aggressor, and the exclusion criterion included duplication, occurrence in other states and cases with no filling of more than 50% of the variables mentioned above. Results: The data showed a significant increase in the number of records of violence in the period under analysis (2018 to 2021), with more cases related to females in the age group between 60-70 years, brown color, with elementary school education and married marital status. In addition, a predominance of psychological and hanging violence was identified, which occurred mostly from individuals unknown to the victim, in their residence itself and by one individual only. There was also an important recurrence of cases, which occurred more frequently in the urban area and with the aggressor being mostly male and often drunk during the episodes of aggression. Finally, it was found that there was no strong correlation between the Municipal Human Development Index and the occurrence of violence. Conclusion: Violence against the elderly is a public health, security, educational and economic problem that requires state actions to modify the current scenario, especially in the post-pandemic context, considering the increase in the fragility and vulnerability of this population in question.