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| Medical students' recognition of elder abuse | | Author(s) | Jonas Thompson-McCormick, Lisa Jones, Claudia Cooper |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 24, no 7, July 2009 |
| Pages | pp 770-777 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Diagnosis ; Students ; Teaching hospitals ; Social surveys ; London ; Birmingham. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of UK fourth-year medical students (from University of College London and the University of Birmingham) who correctly recognise abusive and non-abusive care of older people, and whether recognition is related to sociodemographic factors and education. A cross-sectional self-report questionnaire study, using the Caregiving Scenario Questionnaire, measured recognition of elder abuse according to the Department of Health's definition. 202 of 207 students (97.6%) responded. 29 of 201 (14.4%) identified accepting someone was not clean; 113/200 (56.5%) locking someone in alone; and 160/200 (80.0%) trapping someone in an armchair as abusive. All medical students correctly identified four out of five non-abusive responses. 12 (6.0%) incorrectly identified camouflaging the door to prevent wandering as abusive. Medical students are good at recognising non-abusive care, but not as successful at recognising elder abuse. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090824218 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: LK7: XN: V6: 3F: 82L: 87E |
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