No. | Items | Not at all (n, %) |
Disagree (n, %) |
Agree (n, %) |
Strongly agree (n, |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Asking an elderly person about being abused can itself be abusive. | (24.4%) 98 | (54.3%) 217 | (19%) 76 | (2.3%) 9 |
2 | It is the nurses’ duty to intervene in elder abuse cases. | (19%) 76 | (53%) 212 | (21%) 84 | (7%) 28 |
3 | Reporting the abuse can annoy caregivers. | (3%) 12 | (25.5%) 102 | (54%) 216 | (17.5%) 70 |
4 | It is useless to report an elder abuse case when the elderly person is denying it. | (4%) 16 | (34%) 136 | (51%) 204 | (11%) 44 |
5 | Elder abuse and negligence is a crime. | (6.4%) 26 | (39%) 156 | (43.8%) 175 | (10.8%) 43 |
6 | Elder abuse and negligence is a crime. | (11%) 45 | (42%) 167 | (35%) 141 | (12%) 47 |
7 | Nurses are legally obligated to report elder abuse cases. | (29.25%) 117 | (53.5%) 214 | (12.5%) 50 | (4.75%) 19 |