Feasibility of VOICES Elder Abuse Intervention in Primary Care Setting (VOICES-PC Feasibility)

Yale University

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Elder Abuse

Treatments

Behavioral: Virtual cOaching in making Informed Choices on Elder Mistreatment Self-Disclosure (VOICES)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT05224843

2000023799_b

1R01AG060084-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To test an interactive intervention to screen for Elder Abuse and Mistreatment (EM) in the Primary Care (PC) setting to promote self-identification and self-disclosure of EM.

Full description

The aim of this study is to perform a feasibility evaluation (N=80) of the VOICES screening tool among older adults in the primary care setting. If VOICES is feasible for identifying suspicion of EM in primary care setting, then it will be able to connect more victims of EM to necessary services and potentially prevent a multitude of poor EM outcomes

Enrollment

80 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 60 years or older
Alert and oriented to person and place
Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT-4) score of 4
Able to consent and communicate in English
Agrees and able to use the iPad

Exclusion criteria

subjects who live in nursing homes or other long-term care sitting and do not reside in community setting
patients will be excluded if they cannot safely undergo the studies required for participation
subjects with clear signs of EM
Patient or clinician refusal to participate
severe hearing and vision impairment
COVID-19 positive