Screening for Elder Abuse among Turkish Older People: Validity of the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S "East")

Autor/inn/en	Özmete, Emine; Megahead, Hamido A.
Titel	Screening for Elder Abuse among Turkish Older People: Validity of the Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S "East")
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 27 (2017) 3, S.387-398 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731516654573
Schlagwörter	Elder Abuse; Foreign Countries; Older Adults; Regression (Statistics); Screening Tests; Validity; Reliability; Income; Factor Structure; Life Satisfaction; Social Work; Age Differences; Public Policy; Factor Analysis; Item Analysis; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Älterer Erwachsener; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Screening-Verfahren; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Einkommen; Faktorenstruktur; Lebensvollendung; Soziale Arbeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Öffentliche Ordnung; Faktorenanalyse; Itemanalyse; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	Objective: This study aims to adapt "The Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S "East")" (Neale, Hwalek, Scott, Sengstock, & Stahl, 1991) to Turkish and to assess its validity and reliability while determining the factors that affect elder abuse. Method: The sample of the study is composed of 465 elderly women and men (60+ years of age) who live in different cities in Turkey. First, validity and reliability analyses of the H-S "East" are carried out. Subsequently, binary logistic regression analysis is performed to determine the factors that affect elder abuse. Results: In this study, the H-S "East" has a three-factor construction as found in the original scale. Inner consistency coefficient is found as 0.814. Elder abuse is mostly affected by "life satisfaction," "use of social benefits," "satisfaction with income," and "age." Conclusion: The results show that the Turkish version may be used as a valid and reliable tool in determining elderly abuse in social work practice and also for the purpose of early diagnosis and in other relevant research. Moreover, when the factors that affect elder abuse are taken into account, care and support facilities for the social inclusion of elderly should be developed and relevant social policies should be revised. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01