Attitudes of Nursing Students toward Elderly People
| Autor: | Sook-Hee Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing. 16:18-26 |
| ISSN: | 2383-8086 1229-5299 |
| Popis: | Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of nursing students toward elderly people. Methods:Thestudy participants were286nursing studentsfrom anursingcollege whoconsented toparticipate in this study. A form containing demographic characteristics of participants and Kogan's Attitudes toward Old PeopleScale(KAOPS) wereused togather therequireddata.Thedatawereanalyzedusingdescriptivestatistics, t-test and ANOVA. Results:Nursing students in this study reported neutral attitudes (121.52±12.63) compared to positive attitudes of Western nursing students in previous studies. Nine out of 17 negative items had higher mean scoresthanpositive items. Statisticallysignificant differences werefoundassociated with experience feel- ing of livingwithelderlypeopleand carefor elderlypeople. Conclusion:Theresultsof thisstudysuggest thatnurs- ing education should be directed at changingnursing students' attitudes toward older people. Experience of ex- posure to well-older people may behelpful topromote nursing students' positive attitudestoward elderlypeople. There is a need tofurther test the validityand reliability of the KAOPS for use with various populations in Korea. |
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