title: A pilot study of the elder abuse questionnaire.
abstract: This descriptive study's purpose was to pilot a questionnaire with sub-scales in a population of 40 family members listed as power of attorney (POA) for residents and 40 employees of a long term care facility in rural southeastern Kansas. The non-random convenience sample was 49 participants resulting in a 61.25% participation rate. The framework for the study was Betty Neuman Systems Model. Neuman's variables are related to the physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental, and spiritual stages of the multidimensional person (Neuman, 1982). The 25 items on the Elder Abuse Questionnaire (EAQ) were derived from these variables.
authors.affiliation: Fort Scott Community College, USA.
authors.forename: Darcus
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kottwitz
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States