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

Yale University80 enrolled

Overview

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.

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Elder Abuse

Interventions

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

Virtual cOaching in making Informed Choices on Elder Mistreatment Self-Disclosure (VOICES) screening tool.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Yale Internal Medicine Associates

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Participation

Participation will be determined by the number of patients enrolled in VOICES. Successful enrollment of 80 older adults (N=80).

Time frame: 5-10 minutes before VOICES intervention use.

Usage

Usage will be determined by the number of patients enrolled in the study that complete the VOICES tool. Our target is to enroll 80 older adults (N=80).

Time frame: 5-10 minutes directly following VOICES intervention.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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