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| The quality of data collection by an interview on the prevalence of elder mistreatment | | Author(s) | Hannie C Comijs, Wil Dijkstra, Lex M Bouter |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 12, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 57-72 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Interviewing ; Quality ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The aim of this Dutch study was to investigate the quality of the interview process that was used to obtain data on the prevalence of elder mistreatment, to improve the quality of this process in future research studies. Participating subjects were a sub-sample from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL). Audiotapes of interviews with 143 victims of elder mistreatment were transcribed into verbatim protocols that were subsequently coded and analysed. Results show that despite the fact that all interviewers were carefully selected, intensively trained, and supervised during the interview period, 4.2% of the questions were skipped, and in 4.4% of the interactions no usable answer was obtained. However, in all of these cases the interviewer did register an answer, the validity of which is questionable. Considerable differences were found between interviewers with respect to their performance, and also between the various questions. Finally, suggestions are made for improving interviewer behaviour. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001016222 A |
| Classmark | QNT: 3DL: 59: 76H |
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