NCT05065281

Responding to Elder Abuse in GERiAtric Care: Educational Intervention

Responding to Elder Abuse in GERiAtric Care Educational Intervention for Healthcare Providers: a Non-randomised Stepped Wedge Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 554 (actual)
• Sponsor: Region Östergötland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The prevalence of elder abuse has been reported between 10-15% in international studies. Elder abuse may include both physical, emotional, sexual and financial abuse as well as neglect and it occurs at the hand of both professionals and family members, including adult children and intimate partners. Elder abuse has been associated with psychological ill-health, disability, increased hospitalization, emergency department use and admission to nursing facilities. Elder abuse is however often unknown to health care providers. Older adults are hesitant to disclose abuse and health care providers are often reluctant to ask questions. In this study an interactive educational model for health care professionals about elder abuse will be tested. The model consist of theoretical lectures, brief films showing patient encounters, group discussions and forum play, a form of participatory theater. Both group discussions and forum play will be using case scenarios as a cornerstone. The validated questionnaire REAGERA-P will be used for self-reported measures

Detailed description

Please refer to the uploaded study protocol for a detailed description of the study.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Education	Training for health care professionals on how to identify and manage cases of elder abuse among their patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-16
• Primary completion: 2024-11-18
• Completion: 2024-11-18
• First posted: 2021-10-04
• Last updated: 2024-12-18

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Sweden