Lifetime abuse and somatic symptoms among older women and men in Europe.
Bahareh EslamiMirko di RosaHenrique BarrosFrancisco Torres-GonzalezMindaugas StankunasElisabeth Ioannidi-KapolouJutta LindertJoaquim J F SoaresGiovanni LamuraMaria Gabriella MelchiorrePublished in: PloS one (2019)
The positive association between the experience of abuse during lifetime and the reporting of higher levels of somatic symptoms, in particular among older women, seems to suggest that such complaints in later life might also be related to the experience of mistreatment and not only to ageing and related diseases. Violence prevention throughout lifetime could help to prevent somatic symptoms in later life.