Measuring older adults' abuse: Evaluation of formative indicators to promote brevity

Lang, Gert, De Donder, Liesbeth, Penhale, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8487-0606, Ferreira-Alves, José, Tamutiene, Ilona and Luoma, Minna-Liisa (2014) Measuring older adults' abuse: Evaluation of formative indicators to promote brevity. Educational Gerontology, 40 (7). pp. 531-542. ISSN 1521-0472

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Abstract

Some literature on elder abuse recommends, and practitioners claim, that there should be better assessment and screening tools. In order to improve the accuracy of measurement instruments, the purpose of this article is threefold: (a) describing the construction of an instrument with formative indicators and the survey design about the sensitive topic of elder abuse, (b) development of an analytic strategy to improve the precision of the measures by (c) evaluating the measurement instrument through quality criteria against outcomes of the instrument. We randomly selected 2,880 home-dwelling older women aged 60 and above from five European Union countries who participated in a survey on elder abuse. Prevalence data on abuse against older women was gathered using a postal (BE, FI, PT), face-to-face (BE, LT), and telephone survey (AT) but using an identical instrument. A table with outcome measures was calculated to evaluate the formative indicators of the measurement instrument, and a decision strategy for item reduction was developed. The results suggest that 12 (35%) of the original 34-indicators instrument can be omitted. The adapted version can provide the same elder abuse prevalence rates (reliability) with the same negative associations in terms of life quality (validity). The results indicate in an applied way how an elder abuse instrument can be evaluated and further developed using formative measures.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	elder abuse
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Improving Access to Care (former - to 2017) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health in Later Life (former - to 2017) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Feb 2016 08:11
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 17:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57238
DOI:	10.1080/03601277.2013.857892

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