Nurses' attitudes and knowledge of the geriatric age issue
| Autor: | Henrieta Záhorecová, Oľga Kabátová, Jana Martinková, Silvia Puteková |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Public Administration Population Sample (statistics) Professional practice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education General Nursing Geriatrics education.field_of_study 030504 nursing business.industry Knowledge level Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Questionnaire Test (assessment) Philosophy Family medicine Scale (social sciences) 0305 other medical science business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Kontakt. 18:e213-e218 |
| ISSN: | 1804-7122 1212-4117 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.kontakt.2016.10.002 |
| Popis: | Aim The research aim was to map attitudes and knowledge of nurses regarding the issue of geriatric age and to find the influence of selected determinants influencing nurses’ knowledge. Design The work has a design of a cross-sectional quantitative study that is performed based on a questionnaire survey. Methodology The research group was formed of 100 nurses who were classified in the sample based on intentional selection. The quantitative research was performed with the help of two methodologies. The nurses’ attitudes towards seniors were measured based on the Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA); we gathered information regarding the nurses’ knowledge about the issue of geriatric age by the means of a questionnaire of our own structure. The influence of the selected determinants influencing the nurses’ knowledge of the geriatric age issue was verified based on the statistical tests: the Kruskal-Wallis test and the Spearman correlation coefficient. Results With the help of the FSA questionnaire we found that 72% of the nurses have a slightly positive view of the elderly, i.e. almost no ageist attitudes. We found a medium level of ageist attitudes and thus slightly negative views of the elderly in 28% of the nurses. The knowledge level regarding the geriatric age issue in 14% of the nurses was excellent, in 36% of them it was very good, 29% had good knowledge, it was satisfactory in 12% and dissatisfactory in 9%. Based on the statistical tests, we found a correlation between the age (p = 0.009), length of professional practice (p = 0.017), and education (p = 0.007) of the nurses and their knowledge of the geriatric age issue. Conclusion The research results point to the need of comprehensive education for nurses in the area of geriatrics and gerontology with an emphasis on an individual approach and non-generalisation of individuals within the whole senior population. |
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