Zeitschrift für Suchtforschung und -therapie

Abstrakt

Validity and Reliabity of the Turkish Version of the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Measure (OAFEM)

Pelin Uymaz

The aim was to translate, test, and describe aspects of reliability and validity of the Older Adult Financial Measure (OAFEM).

Ethical permission was obtained for the application of the scale, for which permission to use was obtained, and the scale was finalized after language validity and pilot application. The sample of the study consists of 750 individuals aged 60 and over who live in Turkish society and voluntarily accept to participate in the research. The data were collected by answering the form questions consisting of 25 questions sent to the elderly via smart phones.The validity of the scale was evaluated by; content validity analysis while reliability was evaluated by internal consistency and test-retest. While content validity of scale was evaluated by receiving opinions from eight experts, and test-retest results were evaluated via Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient and Pearson correlation analysis, respectively. The OAFEM content validity index was found as 0.98 and it was determined that there was a consensus among experts. Excellent internal consistency was found in the Turkish elderly group, with a Cronbach's alpha α=.0.96 and Pearson reliability coefficients obtained from both the first test (.70) and retest (.69) results are moderate.

Screening and screening tools for elder abuse are used to assist in the detection and identification of who is at risk of mistreatment or neglect. Health professionals need valid and reliable measurement tools to use to detect abuse of the elderly. OAFEM has the capacity to examine the possible multiple perpetrations of financial abuse and also to indicate the total gravity of such exploitation.