Please note: In 2003, the CTF updated its Grades of Recommendations to include an "I Recommendation" for situations where insufficient evidence exists to allow a recommendation to be made. (Formerly, these situations were captured under a "C Recommendation".) This change is not retroactive, and all "C Recommendations" made prior to 2003 have not been reevaluated in light of the new "I" recommendation grade. For a discussion of these recommendation grades, please link to the 2003 article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal here.
| MANEUVER | EFFECTIVENESS | LEVEL OF EVIDENCE <REF> | RECOMMENDATION |
| Various questionnaires | Detection of elder abuse by questionnaire is suboptimal and/or protocols have not been adequately studied. | Descriptive studies <12> and expert opinion <14> (III) | Insufficient evidence to include or exclude in periodic health examination of elderly individuals. (C) |
| Intervention by professionals or teams has variable but often disappointing results. | Descriptive studies <16-19> and expert opinion <13,14> (III) |
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