Table 3.

Caregiver Abuse Screen (CASE)^a responses

	Total = 829 N (%)
Positive responses
Item 1. Do you sometimes have trouble making _ control his/her temper or aggression?	376 (45.4)
Item 2. Do you often feel you are being forced to act out of character or do things you feel bad about?	270 (32.6)
Item 3. Do you find it difficult to manage _‘s behavior?	269 (32.4)
Item 4. Do you sometimes feel that you are forced to be rough with _?	350 (42.2)
Item 5. Do you sometimes feel you can’t do what is really necessary or what should be done for _?	300 (36.2)
Item 6. Do you often feel you have to reject or ignore _?	171 (20.6)
Item 7. Do you often feel so tired and exhausted that you cannot meet _‘s needs?	326 (39.3)
Item 8. Do you often feel you have to yell at _?	180 (21.7)
CASE > = 4 positive responses	277 (33.4)
CASE positive responses, mean (DE)	2.7 (2.3)
Physical/psychological abuse dimension > = 3 positive responses	300 (36.2)
Physical/psychological abuse dimension, mean (DE)	1.95 (1.9)
Neglect dimension > = 1 positive responses	443 (54.3)
Neglect dimension, mean (DE)	0.76 (0.8)

^aCaregiver Abuse Screen (CASE). 8 items with binary answers (range from 0 to 8)

- Risk of abuse: positive score in four or more questions

- Risk of physical and psychological abuse: positive score in three or more questions (items 1-4, 6 and 8)

- Risk of neglect: positive score in one or more questions (items 5 and 7)