Attitudes toward older people among nursing students in Greece.

IF 2.2 Q1 NURSING

NURSING FORUM Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.1111/nuf.12809

Evangelos C Fradelos, Sofia Artemi, Areti Tsalogidou, Eleni Almpani, Foteini Malli, Maria Lavdaniti, Ioanna V Papathanasiou, Foteini Tzavella

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Abstract

Background: The age profile of the population has shifted globally. Age discrimination has been documented, particularly in the areas of health and employment.

Aim: This study aims at examining nursing students' attitudes toward older people and dehumanization of older people among nursing students.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed in this study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, which included a sociodemographic variables questionnaire, the Kogan's Attitude towards Old People Scale (KAOP) scale, a modified version of the Human Nature & Human Uniqueness Scale, the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) and the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire. A total of 410 undergraduate nursing students participated in this study. Descriptive statistics were applied while inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation, and regression analysis with the stepwise method were also performed. The significant level was set as p ≤ .05. SPSS-25 was used for the analysis of data.

Results: The total mean score of the KAOP scale was 128.84 ± 14.32, indicating that nursing students had a slightly positive view of older individuals. Nursing students scored higher on the mechanistic dehumanization scale than on the animalistic dehumanization one. A strong negative association was found between Mechanistic and Animalistic dehumanization with the KAOP scale and empathy. Year of study, age, and gender were identified as predictor variables for mechanical dehumanization.

Conclusion: Personality traits, demographic variables, and nursing students' level of empathy are factors that influence their views about older people and the dehumanization of older people.

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希腊护理专业学生对老年人的态度。

背景:人口的年龄分布在全球范围内发生了变化。年龄歧视已被记录在案，特别是在保健和就业领域。目的:本研究旨在了解护生对老年人的态度及护生对老年人的非人性化态度。方法:本研究采用横断面设计。采用结构化问卷收集数据，包括社会人口学变量问卷、科根老年态度量表(KAOP)、修正版人性与人类独特性量表、十项人格量表(TIPI)和多伦多共情问卷。共有410名本科护生参与本研究。采用描述性统计，Pearson相关等推理统计和逐步回归分析。显著水平设为p≤0.05。采用SPSS-25进行数据分析。结果:KAOP量表总平均得分为128.84±14.32分，护生对老年个体持略积极的态度。护生在机械性非人性化量表上的得分高于动物性非人性化量表。机械性和动物性非人性化与KAOP量表和共情之间存在显著负相关。研究年份、年龄和性别被确定为机械性非人性化的预测变量。结论:护生的人格特质、人口学变量和共情水平是影响其老年人观和老年人非人性化的因素。

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NURSING FORUM NURSING-

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4.90

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4.20%

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151

期刊介绍： Nursing Forum is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that invites original manuscripts that explore, explicate or report issues, ideas, trends and innovations that shape the nursing profession. Research manuscripts should emphasize the implications rather than the methods or analysis. Quality improvement manuscripts should emphasize the outcomes and follow the SQUIRE Guidelines in creating the manuscript. Evidence-based manuscripts should emphasize the findings and implications for practice and follow PICOT format. Concept analysis manuscripts should emphasize the evidence for support of the concept and follow an accepted format for such analyses.