@article{ref1,
title="Screening for elder abuse in geriatric outpatients: reliability and validity of the Iranian version Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/EAST)",
journal="Journal of elder abuse and neglect",
year="2020",
author="Aminalroaya, Reyhaneh and Alizadeh-Khoei, Mahtab and Hormozi, Sakar and Sharifi, Farshad and Taati, Fahimeh",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The present research seeks the notion of the appropriateness of &quot;Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/East)&quot;, and psychometric properties to analyses cultural aspects of elder abuse in the Iranian community dwellers referred to clinics. In this cross-sectional validation study 364 participants, 60 years and over were selected from outpatient' clinics. The SF-36, GDS-15, and AMT scores were used for concurrent validity. The Brief Abuse Screen for the Elderly (BASE) scale was examined to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Iranian version H-S/East. The elder abuse rate in participants was 29.4% based on cutoff ≥4, while a significant correlation was found in Iranian version H-S/EAST with depression and SF-36 subscale MCS at <i>P</i> < .01, and four factors observed. Optimal cutoff ≥4 obtained with 82.8% sensitivity and 84.5% specificity. It seems the Iranian version of H-S/East demonstrates concurrent validity and fair reliability in elderly outpatients, while construct validity should be carried out in the Iranian elder illiterate population and other languages/cultures.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-6566",
doi="10.1080/08946566.2020.1719564",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2020.1719564"
}