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Searching for elder abuse
— a systematic review of database citations | | Author(s) | Christen L Erlingsson |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 19, no 3/4, 2007 |
| Pages | pp 59-78 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The aim of this review was to describe trends and patterns in elder abuse literature and research. All citations in PUB MED, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases located using the search term "elder abuse" were retrieved (3,059 citations) and 2,418 unique references were identified. Using manifest content analysis, non-research material (1,986 references) was sorted by type and research references (34 dissertations and 398 research articles) were categorized. Research article references most commonly: investigated prevalence, typology and definitions of elder abuse; used quantitative methodology; had first author affiliations to medicine, nursing and social sciences; and sampled populations of professionals, personnel, cases or charts. The USA was most frequently listed of 24 identified countries of origin. Elder abuse research shows lack of diversity, slow increase of qualitative research, limited involvement of older persons and family members as participants and minimal research from developing countries. This review contributes to knowledge valuable for researchers and experts planning future studies or elder abuse projects. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080422204 A |
| Classmark | QNT: 64A |
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