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Table 2.

Title/ author Clear statement of research aims? Appropriate qualitative methodology? Description of setting and context? Appropriate research design to address research aims? Recruitment and sampling strategy is described and appropriate? Data collection strategy described and justified? Data analysis described and appropriate? Findings supported by sufficient evidence? Evidence of reflexivity? Ethical issues taken into consideration? Total score
Agoff, C., Rajsbaum, A., & Herrera, C. (2006). Perspectivas de las mujeres maltratadas sobre la violencia de pareja en México. Salud pública de México, 48(S2), 307–314. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 10
Ayres, M. M., & Woodtli, A. (2001). Concept analysis: abuse of ageing caregivers by elderly care recipients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 35(3), 326–334. yes yes no no no no yes yes no no 4
Band-Winterstein, T., & Avieli, H. (2019). Women Coping With a Partner’s Dementia-Related Violence: A Qualitative Study. Journal of nursing scholarship. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 9
Band-Winterstein, T., & Eisikovits, Z. (2009). “Aging out” of violence: The multiple faces of intimate violence over the life span. Qualitative Health Research, 19(2), 164–180. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Band-Winterstein, T., & Eisikovits, Z. (2010). Towards phenomenological theorizing about old women abuse. Ageing International, 35(3), 202–214. yes yes no yes no yes yes yes no yes 7
Band-Winterstein, T., Eisikovits, Z., & Koren, C. (2011). Between remembering and forgetting: The experience of forgiveness among older abused women. Qualitative Social Work, 10(4), 451–466. yes yes no yes no yes yes yes yes no 7
Band-Winterstein, T. (2012). Narratives of aging in intimate partner violence: The double lens of violence and old age. Journal of Aging studies, 26(4), 504–514. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Band-Winterstein, T., Smeloy, Y., & Avieli, H. (2014). Shared reality of the abusive and the vulnerable: The experience of aging for parents living with abusive adult children coping with mental disorder. International Psychogeriatrics, 26(11), 1917–1927. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 9
Band-Winterstein, T. (2015). Aging in the shadow of violence: A phenomenological conceptual framework for understanding elderly women who experienced lifelong IPV. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 27(4–5), 303–327. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Band-Winterstein, T. (2015). Whose suffering is this? Narratives of adult children and parents in long-term abusive relationships. Journal of Family Violence, 30(2), 123–133. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 10
Barbosa, J. A. G., Souza, M. C. M. R. D., & Freitas, M. I. D. F. (2015). Violência sexual: narrativas de mulheres com transtornos mentais no Brasil. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 37, 273–278. yes yes yes yes no yes yes no no yes 7
Bhatia, P., & Soletti, A. B. (2019). Hushed Voices: Views and Experiences of Older Women on Partner Abuse in Later Life. Ageing International, 44(1), 41–56. yes yes no yes no yes no yes no yes 6
Buchbinder, E., & Winterstein, T. (2003). “Like a wounded bird”: Older battered women’s life experiences with intimate violence. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 15(2), 23–44. yes yes no yes no yes yes yes no no 6
Chane, S., & Adamek, M. E. (2015). Factors contributing to elder abuse in Ethiopia. The Journal of Adult Protection, 17(2), 99–110. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no 8
Chane, S., & Adamek, M. E. (2015). “Death Is Better Than Misery” Elders’ Accounts of Abuse and Neglect in Ethiopia. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 82(1), 54–78. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no 8
Cheung, D. S. T., Tiwari, A., & Wang, A. X. M. (2015). Intimate partner violence in late life: a case study of older Chinese women. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 27(4–5), 428–437. yes yes no no no no no no no yes 3
Cronin, V. L. (2013). Silence Is Golden: Older Women’s Voices and The Analysis of Meaning Among Survivor’s of Domestic Violence. Syracuse University, Dissertation. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 9
do Rosário de Menezes, M., Bastos Alves, M., dos Santos Souza, A., Almeida da Silva, V., Nunes da Silva, E., & Souza Oliveira, C. M. (2013). Aggressive Behavior in the relationship between old and the family caregiver in dementias. Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 12(4). yes yes no yes yes yes no yes no yes 7
Eisikovits, Z., & Band-Winterstein, T. (2015). Dimensions of suffering among old and young battered women. Journal of Family Violence, 30(1), 49–62. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Fakari, F. R., Hashemi, M. A., & Fakari, F. R. (2013). A Qualitative research: Postmenopausal women’s experiences of abuse. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 82, 57–60. R: 1050 yes yes no no no no no no no no 2
Grunfeld, A. F., Larsson, D. M., MacKay, K., & Hotch, D. (1996). Domestic violence against elderly women. Canadian Family Physician, 42, 1485. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes 9
Guruge, S., Kanthasamy, P., Kokarasa, J., Wan, T.Y.W., Chinichian, M.Shirpak, K. R. (2010). Older women speak about abuse & neglect in the post-migration context. Women’s Health and Urban Life, 9(2), 15–41. yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes no yes 8
Hightower, J., Smith, M. J., & Hightower, H. C. (2006). Hearing the voices of abused older women. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 46(3–4), 205–227. no yes no no yes no no yes no yes 4
Lazenbatt, A., & Devaney, J. (2014). Older women living with domestic violence: coping resources and mental health and wellbeing. Current nursing journal, 1(1), 10–22. yes yes no yes yes yes no yes no yes 7
Lazenbatt, A., Devaney, J., & Gildea, A. (2013). Older women living and coping with domestic violence. Community practitioner, 86(2), 28–33. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 9
Lichtenstein, B., & Johnson, I. M. (2009). Older African American women and barriers to reporting domestic violence to law enforcement in the rural deep south. Women & Criminal Justice, 19(4), 286–305. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes 9
Lowenstein, A., & Ron, P. (1999). Tension and conflict factors in second marriages as causes of abuse between elderly spouses. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 11(1), 23–45. yes yes no yes no yes yes yes no no 6
McGarry, J., Simpson, C. (2010). How domestic abuse affects the wellbeing of older women. Nursing Older People, 22(5), 33–38. yes yes no yes yes no yes yes no yes 7
McGarry, J., Simpson, C., & Hinsliff-Smith, K. (2014). An exploration of service responses to domestic abuse among older people: findings from one region of the UK. The Journal of Adult Protection, 16(4), 202–212. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes 9
Montminy, L. (2005). Older women’s experiences of psychological violence in their marital relationships. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 46(2), 3–22. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no no 7
Nahmiash, D. (2004) Powerlessness and Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults, Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 14:1, 21–47. yes yes no yes yes no yes yes no no 6
Pillemer, K., Chen, E. K., Van Haitsma, K. S., Teresi, J., Ramirez, M., Silver, S., … & Lachs, M. S. (2011). Resident-to-resident aggression in nursing homes: Results from a qualitative event reconstruction study. The Gerontologist, 52(1), 24–33. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 10
Ramsey-Klawsnik, H. (2004). Elder sexual abuse within the family. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 15(1), 43–58. no yes no no no no no yes no no 2
Richards, E., Zalwango, F., Seeley, J., Scholten, F., & Theobald, S. (2013). Neglected older women and men: Exploring age and gender as structural drivers of HIV among people aged over 60 in Uganda. African journal of AIDS research, 12(2), 71–78. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes 9
Roberto, K. A., Brossoie, N., McPherson, M. C., Pulsifer, M. B., & Brown, P. N. (2013). Violence against rural older women: Promoting community awareness and action. Australasian journal on ageing, 32(1), 2–7. yes yes yes yes yes yes no no no no 6
Roberto, K. A., & McCann, B. R. (2018). Violence and abuse in rural older women’s lives: a life course perspective. Journal of interpersonal violence. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Ron, P., & Lowenstein, A. (1999). Loneliness and Unmet Needs of Intimacy and Sexuality—Their Effect on the Phenomenon of Spousal Abuse in Second Marriages of the Widowed Elderly. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 31(3–4), 69–89. yes yes no yes no yes yes yes no no 6
Rosen, T., Bloemen, E. M., LoFaso, V. M., Clark, S., Flomenbaum, N. E., Breckman, R., … Pillemer, K. (2019). Acute precipitants of physical elder abuse: qualitative analysis of legal records from highly adjudicated cases. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(12), 2599–2623. yes yes no yes no yes yes yes no yes 7
Ruelas-González, M. G., Pelcastre-Villafuerte, B. E., & Reyes-Morales, H. (2014). Maltrato institucional hacia el adulto mayor: percepciones del prestador de servicios de salud y de los ancianos. salud pública de méxico, 56(6), 631–637. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no no 7
Sawin, E. M., & Parker, B. (2011). “If looks would kill then I would be dead”: intimate partner abuse and breast cancer in older women. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 37(7), 26–35. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Schaffer, J. (1999). Older and isolated women and domestic violence project. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 11(1), 59–77. yes yes no no yes yes no yes no no 5
Smith, J.R. (2015) Expanding Constructions of Elder Abuse and Neglect: Older Mothers’ Subjective Experiences, Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 27:4–5, 328–355. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Souto, R. Q., Merighi, M. A. B., Guruge, S., & de Jesus, M. C. P. (2015). Older Brazilian women’s experience of psychological domestic violence: a social phenomenological study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 14(1), 44. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes 9
Souto, R. Q., Guruge, S., Merighi, M. A. B., & de Jesus, M. C. P. (2016). Intimate partner violence among older Portuguese immigrant women in Canada. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(5), 961–979 yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes 9
Spencer, D., Funk, L. M., Herron, R. V., Gerbrandt, E., & Dansereau, L. (2019). Fear, defensive strategies and caring for cognitively impaired family members. Journal of gerontological social work, 62(1), 67–85. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Teaster, P. B., Roberto, K. A., & Dugar, T. A. (2006). Intimate partner violence of rural aging women. Family Relations, 55(5), 636–648. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no yes 8
Tetterton, S., & Farnsworth, E. (2011). Older women and intimate partner violence: Effective interventions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(14), 2929–2942. yes yes no yes no no no no yes yes 5
Yan, E. (2015). Elder abuse and help-seeking behavior in elderly Chinese. Journal of Interpersonal violence, 30(15), 2683–2708. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes 9
Zink, T., Regan, S., Jacobson Jr, C. J., & Pabst, S. (2003). Cohort, period, and aging effects: A qualitative study of older women’s reasons for remaining in abusive relationships. Violence Against Women, 9(12), 1429–1441. R: 347 yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes no no 7
Zink, T., Jacobson, C. J., Regan, S., Fisher, B., & Pabst, S. (2006). Older women’s descriptions and understandings of their abusers. Violence Against Women, 12(9), 851–865. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 9
Zink, T., Jeffrey Jacobson Jr, C., Regan, S., & Pabst, S. (2004). Hidden victims: The healthcare needs and experiences of older women in abusive relationships. Journal of Women’s Health, 13(8), 898–908. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 9
Zink, T., Jacobson Jr, C. J., Pabst, S., Regan, S., & Fisher, B. S. (2006). A lifetime of intimate partner violence: Coping strategies of older women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(5), 634–651. yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes no 8