The present research seeks the notion of the appropriateness of "Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/East)", and psychometric properties to analyses cultural aspects of elder abuse in the Iranian community dwellers referred to clinics. In this cross-sectional validation study 364 participants, 60 years and over were selected from outpatient' clinics. The SF-36, GDS-15, and AMT scores were used for concurrent validity. The Brief Abuse Screen for the Elderly (BASE) scale was examined to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Iranian version H-S/East. The elder abuse rate in participants was 29.4% based on cutoff ≥4, while a significant correlation was found in Iranian version H-S/EAST with depression and SF-36 subscale MCS at P < .01, and four factors observed. Optimal cutoff ≥4 obtained with 82.8% sensitivity and 84.5% specificity. It seems the Iranian version of H-S/East demonstrates concurrent validity and fair reliability in elderly outpatients, while construct validity should be carried out in the Iranian elder illiterate population and other languages/cultures.

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筛查老年患者的老年人虐待：伊朗版本的Hwalek-Sengstock老年人虐待筛查测试（HS / EAST）的可靠性和有效性。

本研究寻求“ Hwalek-Sengstock老年人虐待筛查测试（HS / East）”的适当性和心理计量学特性，以分析在伊朗社区居民中被虐待的文化方面。在该横断面验证研究中，从门诊诊所中选择了364名60岁及60岁以上的参与者。SF-36，GDS-15和AMT分数用于并发有效性。检查了老年人简要虐待筛查（BASE）量表，以确定伊朗版本HS / East的敏感性和特异性。受试者的老年人虐待率为29.4％（基于截止值≥4），而伊朗版本HS / EAST与抑郁和SF-36分量表MCS在P <.01上存在显着相关性，并观察到四个因素。用82获得的最佳截止值≥4。敏感性为8％，特异性为84.5％。伊朗版本的HS / East似乎在老年门诊患者中表现出并发效度和相当的可靠性，而构建体效度应在伊朗文盲老年人群和其他语言/文化中进行。