a Department of Family Medicine , University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa , USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2014;26(1):44-59. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2013.782783.
Professionals from different disciplines providing care and services to persons at risk for or victims of elder abuse have formed various multidisciplinary teams (MDTs). The purpose of the study was to identify the adult protective services-related statutory trends in presence of MDT content and to determine the association of MDT legislation on the rates of reported, investigated, and substantiated domestic elder abuse. Aggregate reports of elder abuse and state statutes for 1999 and 2007 were retrieved from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Statutes of eight states in 2000 and nine in 2008 included text about MDTs. In 2007, investigation rates for those states having MDT text in the statutes were significantly higher than those states without. The incidence of MDTs in the country is unknown. Legislative text is but one factor associated with differences in elder abuse report, investigation, or substantiation rates.
来自不同学科的专业人员为有虐待老人风险或已成为虐待老人行为受害者的人提供护理和服务,由此形成了各种多学科团队(MDT)。本研究旨在确定多学科团队内容存在的与成人保护服务相关的法定趋势,并确定多学科立法对报告、调查和证实家庭虐待老人行为的比率的关联。从 50 个州和哥伦比亚特区获取了 1999 年和 2007 年的与虐待老人相关的综合报告和州法规。2000 年有 8 个州和 2008 年有 9 个州的法规包含关于多学科团队的案文。在 2007 年,州法规中包含多学科团队案文的州的调查率显著高于没有包含案文的州。全国多学科团队的使用情况尚不清楚。立法案文只是与虐待老人行为报告、调查或证实率差异相关的因素之一。