SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN YAŞLANMA ENDİŞESİ VE YAŞLILARA YÖNELİK TUTUMU
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2017
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Giriş: Çalışmanın amacı Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık bilimleri Fakültesi'nde öğrenim gören öğrencilerinin yaşlılara yönelik tutumlarının ve yaşlanma endişelerinin belirlenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu kesitsel çalışma 2016 yılında yürütülmüştür ve Adnan Menderes Universitesinde öğrenim gören 146 hemşirelik, 54 ebelik ve 36 diyetisyenlik olmak üzere toplam 236 öğrenci çalışmaya katılmıştır. Öğrenciler özbildirimle demografik özelliklere ilişkin bir anketi, 14 maddelik yaşlı tutum ölçeği ve 20 maddelik yaşlanma endişesi ölçeğini doldurmuşlardır. Bulgular: Katılımcıların çoğunluğu kız ve hemşirelik öğrencileridir. Yaklaşık 1/5'i kendi ailelerinin yaşlılarla aynı evi paylaştığını yaklaşık yarısı da yaşlılarla ilgili aktivitelere katıldığını belirtmiştir. Öğrencilerin UCLA yaşlı tutum ve yaşlanma endişesi ölçeklerinden aldıkları ortalama puan sırasıyla 48.22±5.44 ve 66.38±8.75 olarak saptanmıştır. Yaşlı tutum ölçeğinden diyetisyenlik, 1. sınıf öğrencileri ve huzurevinde aktiviteye katılmayan öğrenciler istatistiksel anlamlı düşük puan almışlardır. Yaşlanma endişesi ölçeğinden, evlerinde yaşlı yakını ile yaşayanlar istatistiksel anlamlı yüksek puan almışlardır. Sonuç: Gelecekte yaşlılara da hizmet sunacak olan sağlık bilimleri öğrencilerinin yaşlılara tutumu olumlu olsa da ageing anksiyeteleri yüksek bulunmuştur. Mezuniyet öncesi eğitimde yaşlılarla olumlu iletişim oluşturacak bir yapılandırma önemlidir.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine ageing anxiety and attitudes towards the elderly in students studying in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Adnan Menderes University in Turkey. Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study carried out during 2016 and included 236 students enrolled at the university. Of these students, 146 were from the nursing department, 54 from the midwifery department and 36 from the nutrition and dietetics department. The students completed a questionnaire on demographic features, University of California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale (14 items) and Anxiety about Aging Scale (20 items). Results: Most of the participants were female nursing students. Approximately one-fifth of the students reported that their families shared their home with older relatives. Approximately half of the students reported that they participated in activities for older people. Mean scores for University of California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale and Anxiety about Aging Scale were 48.22±5.44 and 66.38±8.75, respectively. First-year students, studying nutrition and dietetics and those not participating in nursing home activities had significantly lower scores on the University of California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale. Students staying with older relatives had significantly higher scores on the Anxiety about Aging Scale. Conclusion: Although health sciences students who will provide care for older people in the future had positive attitudes towards them, they also had high ageing anxiety. Undergraduate education should, therefore, be restructured to create positive communication between students and older people.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine ageing anxiety and attitudes towards the elderly in students studying in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Adnan Menderes University in Turkey. Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study carried out during 2016 and included 236 students enrolled at the university. Of these students, 146 were from the nursing department, 54 from the midwifery department and 36 from the nutrition and dietetics department. The students completed a questionnaire on demographic features, University of California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale (14 items) and Anxiety about Aging Scale (20 items). Results: Most of the participants were female nursing students. Approximately one-fifth of the students reported that their families shared their home with older relatives. Approximately half of the students reported that they participated in activities for older people. Mean scores for University of California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale and Anxiety about Aging Scale were 48.22±5.44 and 66.38±8.75, respectively. First-year students, studying nutrition and dietetics and those not participating in nursing home activities had significantly lower scores on the University of California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale. Students staying with older relatives had significantly higher scores on the Anxiety about Aging Scale. Conclusion: Although health sciences students who will provide care for older people in the future had positive attitudes towards them, they also had high ageing anxiety. Undergraduate education should, therefore, be restructured to create positive communication between students and older people.
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Türk Geriatri Dergisi
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