Questions in NorAQ about abuse in healthcare (AHC)
| AHC | |
|---|---|
| Mild abuse | Have you ever felt offended or grossly degraded while visiting health services, felt that someone exercised blackmail against you or did not show respect for your opinion—in such a way that you were later disturbed by or suffered from the experience? |
| Moderate abuse | Have you ever experienced that a ‘normal’ event while visiting health services, suddenly became a really terrible and insulting experience, without you fully knowing how this could happen? |
| Severe abuse | Have you experienced anybody in health service purposely—as you understood—hurting you physically or mentally, grossly violating you or using your body and your subordinated position to your disadvantage for his/her own purpose? |
| Answer alternatives (the same for all questions) | |
| 1=no, 2=yes, as a child (<18 years), 3=yes, as an adult (≥18 years), 4=yes, as a child and as an adult |