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Health Assessment Graph for Women Abuse Screening
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Unanswered Questions will be Highlighted in Red.
1. Are you afraid of anyone in your family?
Yes No
2. Has anyone close to you tried to hurt you or harm you recently?
Yes No

3. Has anyone close to you called you names or put you down or made you feel bad recently?
Yes No
4. Do you have enough privacy at home?
Yes No
5. Do you trust most of the people in your family?
Yes No
6. Can you take your own medication and get around by yourself?
Yes No
7. Are you sad or lonely often?
Yes No
8. Do you feel that nobody wants you around ?
Yes No
9. Do you feel uncomfortable with anyone in your family?
Yes No
10. Does someone in your family make you stay in bed or tell you you’re sick when you know you’re not?
Yes No
11. Has anyone forced you to do things you didn’t want to do?
Yes No
12. Has anyone taken things that belong to you without your OK?
Yes No
Examines the reliability and validity of the Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale (VASS) for the early identification of elder abuse. Results confirmed the VASS factor structure and construct validity. The Vulnerability and Coercion factors held the strongest face and construct validity for physical and psychological abuse.
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