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KMID : 0377220020270010146
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Medical Journal of Chosun Univercity
2002 Volume.27 No. 1 p.146 ~ p.156
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Nursing Students toward the Elderly
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Yang Kyung-Mi
Oh Hyun-Ei
Kim Jin-Sun
Paik Young-Choo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purposes of this study were to investigate nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes toward the elderly, to examine the correlation between knowledge and attitudes, and to identify predictors of nursing students’ attitudes toward the elderly.
Method: Study participants were 195 nursing students who enrolled in a university located in Gwangju. Data were collected using structured questionnaires.
Results: The average FAQ Ⅰ score for nursing students in this study was 50.2%. The level of nursing students’ knowledge was relatively low compared to knowledge of Western nursing students in previous studies. Moreover, the average scores of psychological dimension and family/sociological dimension were lower than those of physical/physiological dimension. Negative biases were prevalent when the biased scores were computed. Nursing students also reported a little preference for working with older patients after graduation. Although the average attitude score was in a neutral range, the number of items in a negative attitude score range were more than those in a positive attitude score range. Contrary to expectation, the correlation between knowledge and attitude was not statistically significant. Nursing students who have clinical experiences with the elderly reported higher scores on FAQ Ⅰ than their counterparts. A current relationship with elderly living in their household was a significant predictor of nursing students’ attitudes toward the elderly.
Conclusion: Results from this study suggest that nursing education should be directed to increase the nursing students’ knowledge and positive attitudes toward the elderly. Exposure to well elderly as clients before they are hospitalized or institutionalized may be helpful to increase nursing students’ positive attitudes toward the elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Misconception, Knowledge, Attitude
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