Exploring the attitude toward older people in the new generation of nursing students

28^th International Congress on Nursing Care & Nursing Education

July 08-09, 2019 Osaka, Japan

Pei-Ling Hsieh

University of Kang Ning, Taiwan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Introduction: The attitude towards elderly is closely related to the willingness to care for the elderly. According to the increasing elderly population and changes in society, technology and environment, it may need to gain a better understanding of new generation nursing studentsâ?? attitude toward older people.

Purpose: To understand new generation nursing studentsâ?? the attitude toward older people and its influence factors.

Method: It was a cross-sectional study. The data were collected in 2018 from a college of nursing students (15-20 years old). Two classes were randomly selected for each grade (grade1-5). The response rate was 82.8% (n=418). Excluding incomplete questionnaires, there were 400 participants in this study. The structured questionnaire contained sociodemographic data and Koganâ??s Attitude toward Older People Scale (KAOPS)- Taiwan version.

Result: Total scores of the KAOPS were from 34 to 238. The mean of the KAOPS was 166.94 (SD23.3) in the study. The study indicated the nursing students who were the lower grade (r=-0.12, p=0.015), lived with elderly in the past (r=0.15, p=0.003), having been cared by elderly (r=0.11, p=0.024) and having a nice relationship with grandmother (r=0.17, P=0.000) (r=0.14, P=0.003) and grandfather (r=0.1, P=0.033), might have a more positive attitude toward older adults.

Conclusion: Young generations of nursing students have a positive attitude toward older adults. It might be helpful to construct a positive attitude toward older adults by increasing the interaction with family elderly to build up an intimate relationship.

Biography :

Pei-Ling Hsieh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing of University of Kang Ning, Taiwan.

E-mail: peiling9712@yahoo.com.tw