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

ÖZMETE E., Megahead H. A.

RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, vol.27, no.3, pp.387-398, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/1049731516654573
  • Journal Name: RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.387-398
  • Keywords: elder abuse and neglect, aging, social work practices, assessment, H-S "East", PREVALENCE, NEGLECT, SCOPE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

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.