Healthcare Students' Levels of Compassion and Attitudes towards Older People: A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study.
| Autor: | Akyil, Rahsan Cevik, Kahraman, Aysegul, Taskiran, Nihal, Akyil, Musa Samil, Oncu, Selcen, Turk, Gulengun |
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MEDICAL students CROSS-sectional method RESEARCH methodology ONE-way analysis of variance ATTITUDE testing ATTITUDES toward aging FAMILIES COMPASSION T-test (Statistics) SEX distribution QUESTIONNAIRES DESCRIPTIVE statistics NURSING students STUDENT attitudes STATISTICAL correlation DATA analysis software RESIDENTIAL patterns |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Caring Sciences; Sep-Dec2020, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p2201-2208, 8p, 4 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The attitudes and levels of compassion of healthcare care professionals affect directly the quality of healthcare care services given to the older people. The healthcare professionals are expected to provide healthcare services without discrimination and marginalization in compliance with their professional ethics and show compassion towards older people. Objective: This study was conducted to determine the dentistry, medical and nursing students' attitudes toward older people and their levels of compassion. Methods: This was descriptive cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted 880 healthcare students; who were 361 (41%) studied nursing, 322 (36.6%) studied medicine and 197 (22.4%) studied dentistry. Data were collected using an information form, the "Compassion Scale" and the "Kogan's Attitudes toward Old People Scale". Statistical analysis of the research data was conducted using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, independent t test. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to examine the relation between measurement values. Results: Mean Kogan's Attitudes toward Old People Scale scores of the university students were found to be 98±14.05. The study found that mean Kogan's Attitudes toward Old People Scale scores of the dentistry students and male students were lower and there were statistically significant differences between the groups. Total Compassion Scale mean score of the students was 3.58. Total Compassion Scale mean scores of the nursing students were lower than that of other students. A statistically significant relationship was found between the Kogan's Attitudes toward Old People Scale and Compassion Scale scores. Conclusion: The healthcare students' attitudes towards older people were positive and compassion levels were high. The study shows that the dentistry students' attitudes toward older people were lower than medical and nursing students while the compassion levels of nursing students were lower than medical and dentistry students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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