Table 1.

Published Reviews of Elder Abuse Screening Tools and Assessments

	Systematic	Databases Used	Number of	Time Period
Authors, Year	Review	in Review	Results	Covered	Summary of Results
Fulmer, Guadagno, Bitondo Dyer, & Connolly, 2004	No	Not disclosed	11	1981–2000	• Consensus must be achieved to determine what constitutes an appropriate/acceptable screen/assessment• Focus should be on developing instruments for rapid assessment and longer diagnostic assessments• Much need for additional research
Gallione et al., 2017	Yes	MEDLINE, Cochrane, EMBASE, Scopus	11	1980–2015	• No tool identified as a gold standard• Many tools require validity and reliability testing
National Center on Elder Abuse, 2017	No	Not disclosed	17	1980–2016	• There is no gold standard for elder abuse screening• Many screening tools exist, designed primarily for health care providers• Not all tools have psychometrics
Worrilow & Barraco, 2015	No	MEDLINE	9	1991–2015	• Most tools were not designed for the emergency department• More research should be done to standardize criteria for evaluation and diagnosis of elder abuse