Validation of the detection of elder abuse through emergency care technicians (DETECT) screening tool: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Elder mistreatment (EM) is a high prevalence threat to the health and well-being of older adults in the USA. Medics are well-positioned to help with identification of older adults at risk for EM, however, field robust screening tools appropriate for efficient, observation-based screening are lacking. Prior work by this team focused on the development and initial pilot testing of an observation-based EM screening tool named detection of elder abuse through emergency care technicians (DETECT), designed to be implemented by medics during the course of an emergency response (911) call. The objective of the present work is to validate and further refine this tool in preparation for clinical dissemination.

Methods and analysis

Approximately 59 400 community-dwelling o

SUBMITTER: Cannell B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485249 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature