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KMID : 0379220140340020333
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2014 Volume.34 No. 2 p.333 ~ p.348
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A Comparative Study on the Factors that Determine the Attitude Toward Dementia in Korea and Japan: Focusing on the Care Workers Who Work in Nursing Homes
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Jang Yun-Jeong
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Abstract
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This study seeks to probe the effects of attitude toward the elderly and knowledge of dementia on attitude toward dementia of care workers who work in nursing homes in Korea and Japan. Furthermore, this paper compares and analyzes whether there`s a difference between Korea and Japan in terms of factors that determine the attitude toward dementia. Data were collected from 320 careworkers in korea and 350 careworkers in japan. The collected data has been analyzed by t-test and multiple regression analysis. The following results were found. First, as a result of comparing the level of attitude toward the elderly, as well as knowledge and attitude toward dementia, no meaningful difference was found in terms of knowledge of the dementia, but for attitude toward the disease and toward the elderly, the care workers in Japan were generally found to be more positive. Next, in terms of factors that determine the attitude toward the dementia, first, a careful examination of variables that influence the attitude towards the dementia found that the knowledge of dementia in Korea is (β=.305 p<0.001) and the attitude towards the elderly in Japan is (β=.348 p<0.001). Second, attitude toward the elderly and knowledge of the dementia was found to be a variable that influences attitude toward the dementia, both in Korea and Japan.
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KEYWORD
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careworkers in Korea and Japan, attitude toward the elderly, Knowledge of the dementia, attitude toward dementia
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