Objectives

To test if the Community Complex Care Response Team (C3RT), a coordinated community response model, impacts the likelihood of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation among at-risk community-dwelling older adults.

Methods

One hundred forty-six participants were randomly assigned to receive either the C3RT intervention (n = 74) or the standard practice (n = 72). Cox regression analyses were used to test whether the intervention delayed incidents of EANF victimization measured by when adult protective services opened an investigation, when the police recorded a victimization, and when a hospital admission took place.

Results

Assignment to the C3RT intervention program did not significantly delay incidents of EANF victimization indicator.

Conclusions

This C3RT approach did not produce the desired outcomes, though the project demonstrates that it is ethical and feasible to implement an RCT to test an intervention with vulnerable populations.

中文翻译：

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防止虐待、忽视和经济剥削的社区协调应对：随机对照试验

目标

测试社区综合护理响应小组 (C3RT)，一个协调的社区响应模型，是否会影响社区居住的高风险老年人遭受虐待、忽视和经济剥削的可能性。

方法

146 名参与者被随机分配接受 C3RT 干预 ( n  = 74) 或标准实践 ( n  = 72)。Cox 回归分析用于测试干预是否延迟了 EANF 受害事件，这些事件通过成人保护服务开始调查的时间、警方记录受害事件的时间以及住院时间来衡量。

结果

分配给 C3RT 干预计划并没有显着延迟 EANF 受害指标的事件。

结论

这种 C3RT 方法没有产生预期的结果，尽管该项目表明实施 RCT 以测试对弱势群体的干预是合乎道德和可行的。