Dementia care preference among nursing students in China: A cross-sectional study

IF 3.3 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nurse Education in Practice Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104318

Jiarui Liu , Xin Wang , Jing Wang , Hongyan Meng , Juxia Zhang

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Abstract

Background

In response to current suboptimal dementia care and the increasing numbers of people with dementia, it is potential to understanding nursing career preferences for dementia care. Currently, there is little research on preferences in nursing students for working with dementia people.

Objective

To explore the students’ work preferences and preparedness of nursing students in providing adult nursing care, focusing on their knowledge, attitudes and current training status and to advance their research, as well as the factors that influence the preferences.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in China. A total of 419 nursing students participated in this survey. Measures included career preferences, demographics and attitude, knowledge about dementia.

Results

Among the 419 nursing students who completed the survey, only 16 students listed dementia care as their most preferred career. The subsequently multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the preferences are associated with students’ attitudes towards dementia (95 %CI：1.01–1.09；Moderately：1.00–1.03), knowledge about dementia (95 %CI：1.25–2.71；Moderately：1.00–1.21), working experience with dementia (95 %CI：1.13–3.90), volunteer service for dementia (95 %CI：1.47–72.23；Moderately：1.30–3.24), whether their family member with dementia (95 %CI：1.96–84.26；Moderately：0.08–0.68). The results of the shapley value analysis showed that the highest contributions were DAS total score (35.83 %).

Conclusion

Nursing education in China needs to take proactive action regarding students’ career preferences for dementia. It provides useful data to inform workforce planning, curriculum and practice development to stimulate interest and drive improved quality of dementia care.

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中国护生的痴呆护理偏好：一项横断面研究

背景：针对当前失智症护理不理想和失智症患者数量的增加，了解护理职业对失智症护理的偏好是有潜力的。目前，关于护理专业学生与痴呆症患者合作的偏好研究很少。目的了解护生在成人护理工作中的工作偏好和准备情况，重点了解护生的知识、态度和培训现状，并推动其研究，以及影响学生工作偏好的因素。方法在中国进行横断面研究。共有419名护生参与了本次调查。测量包括职业偏好、人口统计和态度、对痴呆症的了解。结果在完成调查的419名护理专业学生中，只有16名学生将痴呆症护理列为他们最喜欢的职业。随后的多元logistic回归分析显示，这些偏好与学生对痴呆症的态度（95 %CI: 1.01-1.09；中等：1.00-1.03）、对痴呆症的了解（95 %CI: 1.25-2.71；中等：1.00-1.21）、与痴呆症相关的工作经验（95 %CI: 1.13-3.90）、为痴呆症提供志愿服务（95 %CI: 1.47-72.23；中等：1.30-3.24）、是否有家庭成员患有痴呆症（95 %CI: 1.96-84.26；中等：0.08-0.68）有关。shapley值分析结果显示，对DAS总分的贡献最大（35.83 %）。结论中国护理教育需要针对学生对痴呆症的职业偏好采取积极的措施。它为劳动力规划、课程和实践发展提供了有用的数据，以激发人们的兴趣并提高痴呆症护理的质量。

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Nurse Education in Practice NURSING-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

9.40%

发文量

180

审稿时长

51 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education in Practice enables lecturers and practitioners to both share and disseminate evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments. It is supportive of new authors and will be at the forefront in publishing individual and collaborative papers that demonstrate the link between education and practice.