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KMID : 1142620170090010029
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Korea Aging Friendly Industry Association
2017 Volume.9 No. 1 p.29 ~ p.37
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Anxiety about Aging and Attitude towards the Elderly in Physical?Occupational Therapists Working in Geriatric Rehabilitation Hospitals
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Kim Young-A
Ryu Jae-Gwan
Cho Kyung-Lee
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study is to investigate the aging anxiety and attitude toward the elderly of physical and occupational therapists working at geriatric rehabilitation hospitals and to utilize it as the basic data of the working environment and successful aging research of the rehabilitation therapist in the future.
Method : From January 2, 2017, 241 physical and occupational therapists working in geriatric rehabilitation hospitals for about 5 weeks were surveyed and analyzed using SPSS 23.0 version.
Results : The aging anxiety of physical and occupational therapist working at the geriatric rehabilitation hospital was relatively high and the attitude toward the elderly was more positive than the neutral.
Conclusion : The latter group had higher levels of aging anxiety.
1.Female therapist < Male therapist,
2. Occupational therapist < Physical therapist,
3. Vocational College Graduate Therapist 4. Healthy therapist < Unhealthy therapist, 5. Therapist who is satisfied with work environment < Therapist who is not satisfied with working environment.
Also, Attitude toward the elderly was more positive in therapists who are healthy and satisfied with their work.
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KEYWORD
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Physical therapist, Occupational therapist, Aging anxiety, Attitude toward the elderly
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