Table 1.
European studies providing prevalence numbers of elder abuse (part 1)
| Country | Study | Year of the study | Age | Response rate (%) | N | Data collection | Abuse measures | Questionsa (see “Results” section) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Belgium (national) | Vandenberk | 1996 | 65+ | 29 | 523 | Face to face | Based on previous research + own questions | √ | X | X | √ | X |
| Belgium (regional) | Verté | 2009 | 60+ | 60 | 550 | Face to face self-administering questionnaire | Own questions | √ | X | X | X | √ |
| Czech Republic (regional) | Zimmelová | 2004 | 60+ | X | 1,300 | X | Own questions | ? | X | X | √ | X |
| Finland (regional) | Kivelä | 1989 | 65+ | 89 | 1,086 | Self-administering questionnaire postal, interview, clinical examination | Own questions | √ | X | X | X | √ |
| Germany (national) | Wetzels | 1992 | 60+ | 63.9 | 2,456 | Face to face + self-administering | Physical abuse based on Conflict Tactic Scale, verbal aggression based on Pillemer and Finkelhor (1988) + own questions | √ | X | X | √ | X |
| Germany (national) | Görgen | 2009 | 60–85 | 41.6 | 1,829 | Face to face + self-administering | Conflict Tactic Scale 2: (note: without sexual coercion and injury of CTS2 scale) + own questions | √ | X | X | √ | X |
| Germany (regional) | Hirsch | 1997 | 58–94 | 13.6 | 459 | Self-administering postal survey | Own questions | X | X | X | X | X |
| Greece (regional) | Pitsiou-Darrough | 1988/1989 | 60+ | X | 757 | Face-to-face | Own questions | √ | X | X | √ | X |
| Portugal (regional) | Chaves | 2009 | 65+ | X | 296 | Face-to-face | Questions to Elicit Elder Abuse | X | X | X | √ | √ |
| Portugal (regional) | Fernandes | 2008 | 65+ | X | 130 | Face-to-face and self-administering | Questions to Elicit Elder Abuse | X | X | X | √ | √ |
| Portugal (regional) | Ferreira | 2004/2005 | 62+ | X | 104 | Self-administering | Questions to Elicit Elder Abuse | X | √ | X | √ | √ |
| Spain (national) | Iborra | 2006 | 64+ | X | 2,401 | Face-to-face | Own questions | √ | X | X | X | √ |
| Spain (regional) | Garre-Olmo | 2006/2007 | 75+ | 82 | 676 | Face-to-face | American Medical Association (AMA) Screen for Various Types of Abuse and Neglect | √ | √ | √ | √ | X |
| Sweden (regional) | Eriksson | 2001 | 65–80 | 76 | 1,091 | Postal survey | Based on previous research, Conflict Tactics Scale + own questions. | √ | X | X | √ | X |
| The Netherlands (regional) | Comijs | 1996 | 69–89 | 48.2 | 1,797 | Face-to-face | Conflict Tactic Scale + Measures of Wife Abuse + Violence against Men Scale + own questions | √ | X | X | √ | X |
| The Netherlands (regional) | GGD Flevoland | 2000 | 55+ | 58 | 8,392 | Self-administering postal | Own questions | √ | X | X | X | X |
| The Netherlands (regional) | GGD Flevoland | 2004 | 55+ | 58 | 5,137 | Self-administering postal | Own questions | √ | X | X | X | X |
| UK (national) | Ogg | 1992 | 60–64 | 79 | 150 | X | Own questions | √ | X | X | X | X |
| 65–74 | 266 | |||||||||||
| 74+ | 173 | |||||||||||
| UK (national) | O’Keeffe | 2006 | 66+ | 65 | 2,111 | Face to face, computer assisted + self-administering, computer assisted | Own questions: based on previous research and qualitative research | √ | X | √ | √ | √ |
aThe number of the review question refers to those at “Results” section of this article
√ yes
X no information on this topic/question