Adaptation and evaluation of the digital elder abuse intervention “VOICES” in the primary care-based setting
F. Abujarad, C. Edwards, B. Vander Wyk, P. Ellis, K. Kraemer, R. Marottoli
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AbstractElder abuse is a growing international problem where prevalence ranges globally from 2.2% to 36.2% (Pillemer et al., 2016). Traditional methods for screening and identification are limited, and healthcare professionals face a variety of barriers to reporting such as time constraints, misinformation regarding reporting and lack of elder abuse education (Dong, 2015). We aimed to address these limitations by developing a self-administered, tablet-based digital health intervention to assist older adults in identifying with and reporting elder abuse (Abujarad et al., 2021). The VOICES elder abuse intervention (EAI) was created to be self-administered by the patients and offers a customized experience guided by the user’s responses. The VOICES EAI is presented on a tablet device and includes multimedia elements such as automated text-to-speech and animated videos. In a previous study, we evaluated VOICES in a real-world emergency department (ED) setting (N=1002) where we established proof of acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy. The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using the VOICES EAI in primary care settings.Keywords: elder abuse, screening, primary care, mistreatment, digital health
F. Abujarad, C. Edwards, B. Vander Wyk, P. Ellis, K. Kraemer, R. Marottoli (2022). Adaptation and evaluation of the digital elder abuse intervention “VOICES” in the primary care-based setting. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.531.opp4