Pilot testing the detection of elder abuse through emergency care technicians (DETECT) screening tool: results from the DETECT pilot project
| Autor: | Julie C. Weitlauf, Brad Cannell, Jason Burnett, Melvin D. Livingston, Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez, Katelyn K. Jetelina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Emergency Medical Services Poison control Pilot Projects Elder Abuse Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030502 gerontology Injury prevention medicine Humans Mass Screening Screening tool Aged 030214 geriatrics business.industry Human factors and ergonomics Elder abuse medicine.disease Texas Emergency Medical Technicians Female Pilot test Medical emergency Geriatrics and Gerontology 0305 other medical science business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. 31:129-145 |
| ISSN: | 1540-4129 0894-6566 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08946566.2018.1564104 |
| Popis: | To pilot test the feasibility of implementing an elder abuse (EA) screening tool (DETECT) designed for medics.Testing occurred between September 17th, 2015 and October 26th, 2015. MedStar Mobile Healthcare medics completed the DETECT tool when responding to calls for community-dwelling patients 65 years of age or older.The DETECT tool was used 1,248 times by 97% of medics responding to an eligible 911 call. Medics responded affirmatively to at least one screening item on 209 of the completed screenings (16.8%). Immediately following the introduction of the DETECT tool, there was an increase of 5.4 (226% above baseline) reports per month (p = 0.0056).The DETECT tool was easily incorporated into medic's field-based practice and resulted in an increase in medic generated reports of EA to APS. Future research designed to evaluate the tool's validity and reliability are warranted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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