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Table 5 Likelihood of asking about abuse based on the information in the case vignette

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

  

Not at all likely

Not very likely

Fairly likely

Very likely

Step

Added information

N

%

N

 

N

%

N

%

1

Frequent attender with well investigated abdominal pain

11

35.5

20

64.5

-

-

-

-

2

History of unexplained chest pain and backpain

6

19.4

19

61.3

6

19.4

-

-

3

Previous overdose of antidepressant under unclear circumstances

4

12.9

14

45.2

12

38.7

1

3.2

4

Financially dependent son has moved in and thinks that home care is unnecessary

1

3.2

8

25.8

14

45.2

7

22.6

5

Unexplained bruises on upper arms

-

-

3

9.7

7

22.6

13

41.9

  1. Note: When respondent answered “very likely” they were not asked any more questions about the case vignette, consequently, one respondent was excluded after step one, one more was excluded after step three, and seven more were excluded after step four. Percentages are calculated for the original number of respondents (n = 31)