Atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa

Abstract

OBJETIVO: Identificar as atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa. MÉTODO: Os estudantes de enfermagem inscritos no segundo ano da licenciatura foram convidados a preencher um questionário no início da unidade curricular de enfermagem geriátrica. Recorreu-se a um estudo quantitativo através da administração da Escala de Atitudes Face aos Idosos de Kogan (KAOP), validada para a população Portuguesa. RESULTADOS: A amostra foi constituída por 39 estudantes que responderam ao instrumento de coleta de dados. A atitude dos participantes em relação aos idosos apresentou um valor médio de 135,56; ligeiramente superior ao valor médio da escala (ponto médio = 119). Não foram evidenciadas relações estatisticamente significativas com nenhuma das variáveis em análise, nomeadamente o gênero, a idade, a experiência e a coabitação. CONCLUSÕES: O estudo permitiu evidenciar que a atitude dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa apresenta valores médios ligeiramente positivos, o que poderá constituir um ponto de partida para o desenvolvimento de uma intervenção para modificar a atitude dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação ao envelhecimento. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: idoso; atitude; enfermagem geriátrica; estudantes de enfermagem.

Difficulties Encountered by Nurse Students When Working With Elderly People

“…Unfortunately, only 21.12% (n = 11) expressed a desire to work with elderly people. These results are confirmed by Fernandes et al (2018). The number of students 65.28% (n = 34) who definitely do not want to work with elderly people in the future is significant, and the rest indicated the answer "I have not decided yet".…”

Üniversite öğrencilerinin yaşlı ayrımcılığına ilişkin tutumları ve yaşlı ayrımcılığını etkileyen faktörler

“…According to the research findings, students' responses to variables such as "choosing to live with mother/father or both in the future" and "gender" had a correlation with their total AAS and its subscale scores on contrary to a study contemplating nursing students which yielded statistically no significant relationships between any of the variables such as gender and living with elderly (Fernandes et al 2018). In a different study carried out in Turkey, it was determined that university students' attitudes towards ageism were positive and these attitudes were influenced by gender and desire to work with the elderly after graduation (Gürel, 2019).…”

Attitudes and work preferences toward older people among Malay undergraduate nursing students

“…13,14,21,22 However, the finding was similar to those of previous studies. 24,25 It might be due to limited exposure to aged care in the clinical setting that has influenced their work preference in aged care, although the students may have a positive attitude toward older people.…”

“…13,14,[21][22][23] However, several studies have reported that there was no significant association between attitudes and work preferences toward older people. 24,25 It was reported that although nursing students have a positive attitude toward older people, they are not interested in aged care. 26,27 The conflicting findings might be attributable to methodological differences such as various ethnicities in prior research studies.…”

“…28 It can be concluded that religion, such as Islam, may play an important role in the issue of caring for the older people. 29 Due to limited studies assessing the association between attitudes and work preferences toward older people among Malaysia population 12 and different findings from previous studies, 13,14,21,22,24,25 it is important to further explore on this topic. Thus, this study aimed to examine the association between attitudes and work preferences focusing on Malay undergraduate nursing students.…”