Development and validation of the short form domestic elder abuse assessment questionnaire (SF-DEAQ)

BMC Geriatrics

Research

Maryam Mashayekh¹  Majideh Heravi-Karimooi²  Amirreza Zobdeh³  Maryam Hazrati⁴  Ali Montazeri⁵  Razieh Bandari⁶ 

[1] Amir-Almomenin Hospital, Busher University of Medical Sciences, Genaveh, Iran;Elderly Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran;Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Shiraz Transplant Center, Abu-Al Sina Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Population Health Research Group, Health Metric Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;Faculty of Humanity Sciences, University of Sciences & Culture, Tehran, Iran;Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran;

关键词: Domestic elder abuse;    Older adults;    Reliability;    Validity;    Psychometric;    Development;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-023-04388-x

 received in 2022-11-14, accepted in 2023-10-05,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe present study aimed to design and determine the psychometric properties of a short-form questionnaire to investigate the domestic elder abuse.MethodsThis study consisted of two phases: in phase 1 we employed a modified Delphi approach with 18 participants. Consequently, content and face validity, and item analysis were applied. In Phase 2 we evaluated structural validity and convergent validity. Reliability was assessed by looking at internal consistency, stability, and absolute reliability.ResultsThe findings led to the development of a 27-items short form of domestic elder abuse in four domains that jointly accounted for 74.14% of the variance observed. The short form showed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.93) and significantly correlated (r = 0.91; p < 0.001 for both scales) with the comprehensive (49-item) domestic elder abuse.ConclusionThe short form of domestic elder abuse was found to be reliable and valid as the longer version. The short form of domestic elder abuse could lessen the burden on respondents.

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