Determination of abuse and depression in the elderly.

This study was conducted to assess abuse and depression in elderly individuals. The universe of this descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of individuals over the age of 65 years who were attending in a university at Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus hospital between October 2017 and March 2018. The sample consisted of a total of 310 elderly individuals. In the study, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test were used as data collection tools. It was determined that abuse and depression scores were high in elderly individuals who were single, who had an primary school education orbelow, who had an income less than their expenditure, who had no social security. There was a positive, significant and moderate relationship found between the depression and abuse scores of the elderly individuals. It is recommended that mental health professionals should consider the association of depression and abuse for the risk groups determined in our study.