Positive predictive value of Dutch Elder Abuse Scale (ERASE): an early warning tool for elder abuse in the emergency department and geriatric outpatient setting
Miriam E Van Houten, Regina L M Van Boekel, Lilian C M Vloet, Marcel G M Olde Rikkert, Reinier Akkermans, Brigitte Van De Kerkhof-Van Bon, Kim E Jie, Jacinta A Lucke, Yvonne Schoon, Sivera A A Berben · 2025
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Elder abuse hides well, and emergency staff see older patients at moments when signs may show. Miriam Van Houten and co-authors tested a Dutch early warning scale, ERASE, in 2025 across three hospitals. Staff applied the scale to patients over seventy in emergency departments and geriatric clinics; suspected cases went to an expert team meeting whose judgment served as the reference.
Of nearly twenty-three thousand older visitors, about half were screened, and 202 were flagged. The expert teams confirmed abuse in fifty-four, a rate of about half a percent of all older visitors. When the scale flagged someone, it was right about twenty-eight percent of the time. The authors say a flag should trigger careful follow-up, not a verdict.
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| CREATOR | Miriam E Van Houten, Regina L M Van Boekel, Lilian C M Vloet, Marcel G M Olde Rikkert, Reinier Akkermans, Brigitte Van De Kerkhof-Van Bon, Kim E Jie, Jacinta A Lucke, Yvonne Schoon, Sivera A A Berben |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |