Developing standard data for elder abuse multidisciplinary teams: A critical objective.
J Elder Abuse Negl
; 32(4): 377-384, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) represent a prominent and growing form of elder abuse intervention in communities across the U.S. and around the world. Despite the proliferation and promise of MDTs as a model of elder abuse intervention, the field lacks infrastructure, including a standardized data collection strategy, to facilitate a coordinated and informed MDT effort. This commentary presents an exploratory study, which sought to examine existing strategies of case-level electronic data collection implemented by MDTs across the U.S. Using a snowball sampling strategy, we identified 11 MDTs using an electronic data collection strategy. Our analysis found a tremendous range in both the extent and nature of data collection across MDTs, yet it identified common domains of data. A standardized MDT data collection strategy would benefit several MDT stakeholders, including coordinators tracking everyday operations, funders requiring reporting, and researchers conducting large-scale comparative research to identify best MDT practices.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente
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Abuso de Idosos
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Elder Abuse Negl
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá