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HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS' AGEING ANXIETY AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS OLDER PEOPLE

SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN YAŞLANMA ENDİŞESİ VE YAŞLILARA YÖNELİK TUTUMU

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54–60
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2022-11-05
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Undergraduateeducation should, therefore, be restructured to create positive communication between studentsand older people.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine ageing anxiety and attitudes towardsthe elderly in students studying in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Adnan Menderes University inTurkey.Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study carried out during 2016 and included 236students enrolled at the university.
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Key Findings & Data:Of these students, 146 were from the nursing department, 54from the midwifery department and 36 from the nutrition and dietetics department.
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Conclusion & Impact:Undergraduateeducation should, therefore, be restructured to create positive communication between studentsand older people.
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine ageing anxiety and attitudes towardsthe elderly in students studying in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Adnan Menderes University inTurkey.Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study carried out during 2016 and included 236students enrolled at the university. Of these students, 146 were from the nursing department, 54from the midwifery department and 36 from the nutrition and dietetics department. The studentscompleted a questionnaire on demographic features, University of California, Los Angeles GeriatricsAttitudes Scale (14 items) and Anxiety about Aging Scale (20 items).Results: Most of the participants were female nursing students. Approximately one-fifth ofthe students reported that their families shared their home with older relatives. Approximatelyhalf of the students reported that they participated in activities for older people. Mean scores forUniversity of California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale and Anxiety about Aging Scale were48.22±5.44 and 66.38±8.75, respectively. First-year students, studying nutrition and dietetics andthose not participating in nursing home activities had significantly lower scores on the Universityof California, Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale. Students staying with older relatives hadsignificantly higher scores on the Anxiety about Aging Scale.Conclusion: Although health sciences students who will provide care for older people in thefuture had positive attitudes towards them, they also had high ageing anxiety. Undergraduateeducation should, therefore, be restructured to create positive communication between studentsand older people.

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Giriş: Çalışmanın amacı Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık bilimleri Fakültesi'nde öğrenimgören öğrencilerinin yaşlılara yönelik tutumlarının ve yaşlanma endişelerinin belirlenmesidir.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu kesitsel çalışma 2016 yılında yürütülmüştür ve Adnan MenderesUniversitesinde öğrenim gören 146 hemşirelik, 54 ebelik ve 36 diyetisyenlik olmak üzere toplam236 öğrenci çalışmaya katılmıştır. Öğrenciler özbildirimle demografik özelliklere ilişkin bir anketi, 14maddelik yaşlı tutum ölçeği ve 20 maddelik yaşlanma endişesi ölçeğini doldurmuşlardır.Bulgular: Katılımcıların çoğunluğu kız ve hemşirelik öğrencileridir. Yaklaşık 1/5'i kendiailelerinin yaşlılarla aynı evi paylaştığını yaklaşık yarısı da yaşlılarla ilgili aktivitelere katıldığınıbelirtmiştir. Öğrencilerin UCLA yaşlı tutum ve yaşlanma endişesi ölçeklerinden aldıkları ortalamapuan 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 puanalmışlardır. Yaşlanma endişesi ölçeğinden, evlerinde yaşlı yakını ile yaşayanlar istatistiksel anlamlıyüksek puan almışlardır.Sonuç: Gelecekte yaşlılara da hizmet sunacak olan sağlık bilimleri öğrencilerinin yaşlılaratutumu olumlu olsa da ageing anksiyeteleri yüksek bulunmuştur. Mezuniyet öncesi eğitimdeyaşlılarla olumlu iletişim oluşturacak bir yapılandırma önemlidir.

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MANDIRACIOGLU, A., SÖZVURMAZ, S. (2022). HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS' AGEING ANXIETY AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS OLDER PEOPLE. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 20 - Sayı: 1, 54–60. https://ajindex.com/articles/623735

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