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KMID : 1034520230170020105
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Journal of Occupational Therapy for the Aged and Dementia
2023 Volume.17 No. 2 p.105 ~ p.116
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Correlations between the Knowledge of Dementia, Attitudes toward Dementia, and Awareness of Support for the Elderly: with a focus on university students in Busan
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Kim Si-Eun
Jang Cheul
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations between the knowledge of dementia, attitudes toward dementia, and awareness of support for the elderly among university students.
Methods : A survey was conducted on 383 students at K University and D University in Busan. Each student received a full explanation of the study’s purpose and methods and agreed to participate.
A paper-based questionnaire was distributed to the students in each department of the two universities and their completed questionnaires were collected. The questionnaire used here was revised and improved with reference to previous papers and consisted of 56 questions: 12 questions on the participants’ general characteristics, 16 questions on the knowledge of dementia, 10 questions on attitudes toward dementia, and 18 questions on awareness of support for the elderly.
The collected data from the survey were organized and analyzed.
Results : The participants’ knowledge of dementia showed a relatively high score at 8.65 out of 16 points.
Their attitudes toward dementia also scored relatively highly, at 3.99 out of 5 points. Thier awareness of support for the elderly also scored relatively highly, at 3.91 out of 5 points. The subjects’ knowledge of dementia, attitudes toward dementia, and awareness of support for the elderly exhibited positive correlations with one another.
Conclusion : Based on a comprehensive review of the study findings, a higher level of knowledge of dementia or attitudes toward dementia led to a correspondingly higher awareness of support for the elderly.
This result indicates a need for various activities to provide sufficient education about dementia and to enhance awareness of dementia among university students as they present the generation that will support the elderly in the future. More comprehensive research involving dementia-related occupational groups and university majors will be useful in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Caregiving for the elderly, Dementia, Dementia attitudes, Dementia knowledge, University student
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