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dc.creatorRaquel Batista Dantaspt_BR
dc.creatorGraziella Lage Oliveirapt_BR
dc.creatorAndréa Maria Silveirapt_BR
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-11T23:19:10Z-
dc.date.available2023-12-11T23:19:10Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.citation.volume51pt_BR
dc.citation.spage1pt_BR
dc.citation.epage11pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/s1518-8787.2017051006839pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn15188787pt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1843/61909-
dc.description.resumoOBJECTIVE: Adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale to identify risk of domestic violence against older adults in Brazil.METHODS: The instrument was adapted and validated in a sample of 151 older adults from a geriatric reference center in the municipality of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, in 2014. We collected sociodemographic, clinical, and abuse-related information, and verified reliability by reproducibility in a sample of 55 older people, who underwent re-testing of the instrument seven days after the first application. Descriptive and comparative analyses were performed for all variables, with a significance level of 5%. The construct validity was analyzed by the principal components method with a tetrachoric correlation matrix, the reliability of the scale by the weighted Kappa (Kp) statistic, and the internal consistency by the Kuder-Richardson estimator formula 20 (KR-20).RESULTS: The average age of the participants was 72.1 years (DP = 6.96; 95%CI 70.94–73.17), with a maximum of 92 years, and they were predominantly female (76.2%; 95%CI 69.82–83.03). When analyzing the relationship between the scores of the Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale, categorized by presence (score > 3) or absence (score < 3) of vulnerability to abuse, with clinical and health conditions, we found statistically significant differences for self-perception of health (p = 0.002), depressive symptoms (p = 0.000), and presence of rheumatism (p = 0.003). There were no statistically significant differences between sexes. The Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale acceptably evaluated validity in the transcultural adaptation process, demonstrating dimensionality coherent with the original proposal ( four factors). In the internal consistency analysis, the instrument presented good results (KR-20 = 0.69) and the reliability via reproducibility was considered excellent for the global scale (Kp = 0.92). CONCLUSIONS: The Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale proved to be a valid instrument with good psychometric capacity for screening domestic abuse against older adults in Brazil.pt_BR
dc.format.mimetypepdfpt_BR
dc.languageengpt_BR
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Geraispt_BR
dc.publisher.countryBrasilpt_BR
dc.publisher.departmentMED - DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA SOCIALpt_BR
dc.publisher.initialsUFMGpt_BR
dc.relation.ispartofRevista de Saúde Pública-
dc.rightsAcesso Abertopt_BR
dc.subjectElder Abusept_BR
dc.subjectDomestic Violencept_BR
dc.subjectPsychometricspt_BR
dc.subjectReproducibility of Resultspt_BR
dc.subjectValidation Studiespt_BR
dc.subject.otherPsychometricspt_BR
dc.subject.otherDomestic Violencept_BR
dc.subject.otherReproducibility of Resultspt_BR
dc.subject.otherValidation Studiespt_BR
dc.titlePsychometric properties of the vulnerability to abuse screening scale for screening abuse of older adultspt_BR
dc.typeArtigo de Periódicopt_BR
dc.url.externahttps://doi.org/10.1590/S1518-8787.2017051006839pt_BR
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