Development of an elder abuse knowledge-attitude-practice scale for caregiver / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To develop a knowledge-attitude-practice scale of elder abuse for caregiver.Methods The elder abuse related knowledge-attitude-practice scale was established by literature review,in-depth interview,expert consultation and discussion among focus group.200 caregivers were selected conveniently for investigation.T-test,correlation analysis,factor analysis,etc.were used to select items.Results Three sub-scales were built which were knowledge,attitude and practice respectively.The number of items of each sub-scales were 22,14 and 15 respectively through item selection.Conclusions The scale,which has good representativeness,applicability and operability,can be used for measuring the caregiver elder abuse knowledge-attitude-practice and providing an objective evidence for the health education to the caregiver.