التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Readability and Content of Elder Abuse Instruments. |
| المؤلفون: |
Daly, Jeanette M., Jogerst, Gerald J. |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect; 2005, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p31-52, 22p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ABUSE of older people, ABUSED elderly, MEDICAL care, SOCIAL problems |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED States |
| مستخلص: |
Since elder abuse was first acknowledged as a health care and social problem, incidence and prevalence of mistreatment has been assessed sparingly in the United States and other countries around the world. Standardized instruments for determining the prevalence of elder abuse have not been developed and other instruments measuring a person's function and spousal violence have been adapted for the measurement of eider abuse prevalence. The purposes of this paper are to (1) ascertain the reading grade level of the most frequently used elder abuse prevalence instrument's text and (2) determine the content validity of the instruments with respect to the types of elder abuse included in them. A review of the instruments used to measure elder abuse prevalence was completed and a questionnaire was developed to measure the reading grade level and type of elder abuse content in four instruments. The Fry Readability. Flesch Reading Ease, and McLaughlin Grading formulas were used to determine reading grade level. A questionnaire regarding content validity was sent to 69 faculty and staff in one university department and a 59% return was achieved. The Conflict Tactics Scale and the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse-Screening Test had the lowest mean score at the 6th grade reading level. Results of content analysis for types of elder abuse demonstrated none of the instruments are comprehensive. Instruments to measure the prevalence are needed which balance readability and content validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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