Dereje Feye, Tesfaye Gobena, Alexandra Brewis, Kedir Teji Roba
Adolescent breakfast skipping is associated with poorer academic performance: a school-based study from Hidhabu Abote District, Ethiopia
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
elder abuse single repeated act lack appropriate action causes harm older person systematic review metaanalysis aimed assess prevalence elder abuse sub saharan africa systematic review metaanalysis involved comprehensive search electronic databases including pubmed scopus web science african journals online google scholar cochrane i2 statistics eggers test funnel plot done check heterogeneity publication bias respectively five studies 2123 elderly people aged 60 included review pooled prevalence elder abuse 4673 45084838 substantial level heterogeneity i2 997 p 0001 overcome effect high level heterogeneity subgroup analysis deployed accordingly subgroup analysis publication year revealed prevalence elder abuse highest among studies conducted 2018 64034 95 ci 1266 1154 similarly subgroup analysis country revealed prevalence elder abuse highest ethiopia 63221276 105124the subgroup analysis sampling technique revealed elder abuse highest among studies conducted using systematic random sampling technique 8457 95 ci 7922 8992 subgroup analysis type abuse revealed physical abuse highest 2927 7854 66394 conclusion pooled prevalence elder abuse high physical abuse commonest type abuse result awareness creation caring elders minimize abuse