Development and validation of REAGERA-P, a new questionnaire to evaluate health care provider preparedness to identify and manage elder abuse

Table 2 Background characteristics of respondents in phase I (n = 154) and phase II (n = 31)

		Phase I		Phase II
		n	%	n	%
Sex	Female	139	90.3	22	71.0
	Male	15	9.7	9	29.0
Age	< 34 years	65	42.2	25	80.6
	35–49 years	34	22.1	6	19.4
	> 50 years	55	35.7	-	-
Profession	Assistant nurse	64	41.6	-	-
	Nurse	58	37.7	-	-
	Physician	21	13.6	31	100
	Other	11	7.1	-	-
Previous training about abuse	No, do not remember	73	47.4	4	12.9
	Elder Abuse only	20	13.0	0
	Violence in close relationships only	40	26.0	20	64.5
	Both elder abuse and violence in close relationships	21	13.6	7	22.6
Ever talked to older adults about abuse	No, do not remember	77	50.3
Ever talked to older adults about abuse	Yes	76	49.7
Talked to older adults about abuse last 6 months	No, do not remember			20	64.5
Talked to older adults about abuse last 6 months	Yes			11	35.5

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