Development of a questionnaire to assess health profession students’ knowledge of older adults

Dacey, Marie; McCloskey, William W.; Zeind, Caroline S.; Luca, Magdalena; Woolsey, Lisa J.; Eliadi, Carol; Seoane‐Vazquez, Enrique; Couris, R. Rebecca

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2013.11.003

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“…Surprisingly, this score was higher than similar studies conducted among PharmD students in the US, a five-year programme compared to the 4-year bachelor’s undergraduate programme studied by Malaysian students. 18 The high knowledge score may be attributed to the geriatric-specific learning content and clinical experiential training that the participating universities have incorporated into their pharmacy curriculum. However, the knowledge scores fluctuated between the five individual institutes, likely due to the different levels of the geriatric education exposure of the various programs in those institutes.…”

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“…The GKAS measures geriatric knowledge in the areas of ageing disease, physical activity, drug therapy, and nutrition with scores marked as either correct or incorrect. 18 The GKAS was chosen as an appropriate instrument of measure due to its good design being a multiple-choice questionnaire rather than a dichotomous instrument. It was also a psychometrically sound instrument that assessed students’ professional knowledge of ageing in older adults.…”

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Knowledge and Attitude of Pharmacy Students Regarding Geriatric Care: Questionnaire-Based Analysis in Malaysia

Blebil¹,

Dujaili²,

Mohammed³

et al. 2022

AMEP

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Introduction There is a predicted growth of up to 17% in an older adult of Malaysian above 60 years of age by 2040. This will increase the workload of almost every healthcare provider to ensure optimal geriatric care. Purpose This study aimed to assess pharmacy students’ knowledge and attitudes towards geriatric pharmacy education and older patients to determine their preparation in delivering appropriate medical care to the geriatric population. Methods Self-administered questionnaires were distributed among pharmacy students in different Malaysian universities. The survey included several sections to assess multiple aspects such as sociodemographic information, assessment of knowledge using a validated 28-item Geriatric Knowledge Assessment Scale (GKAS), and attitudes towards geriatrics education. Results The response rate was around 70% of the respondents. The mean (± standard deviation) age of the cohort was 22.28 (±1.12) years. Despite around 78% of pharmacy students claiming that their knowledge of geriatric care is adequate, their GKAS score showed that only around 20% have high geriatric knowledge. Around 80% of them showed a positive attitude on the importance of taking courses focused on geriatric care and demonstrated interest to further knowledge and training in geriatric care. However, more than half of the students were uncertain of their answers towards their attitudes regarding older patients. Conclusion Given the growing role of pharmacists in the ageing population, this study highlights the importance of geriatric care education among potential pharmacists. Therefore, we urge the need to improve/develop geriatrics education and training into the pharmacy curriculum to ensure sufficient preparation for actual practice after graduation.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Pharmacy Students Regarding Geriatric Care: Questionnaire-Based Analysis in Malaysia

Blebil¹,

Dujaili²,

Mohammed³

et al. 2022

AMEP

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“…The knowledge questions were prepared based on a validated 28-item Geriatric Knowledge Assessment Scale (GKAS) in the form of multiple-choice questions. 5,12 The GKAS Kuder-Richardson reliability coefficient was 0.61. 12 The attitudes of MPN students were assessed by 31 Likert-scale questions prepared based on the Older People in Acute Care Survey (OPACS), the University of California at Los Angeles Geriatric Attitudes (UCLA-GA) scale, and previous literature.…”

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“…5,12 The GKAS Kuder-Richardson reliability coefficient was 0.61. 12 The attitudes of MPN students were assessed by 31 Likert-scale questions prepared based on the Older People in Acute Care Survey (OPACS), the University of California at Los Angeles Geriatric Attitudes (UCLA-GA) scale, and previous literature. 5,7,13,14 The reliability of the OPACS-US was (Cronbach's alpha = 0.93).…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Graduating Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students Toward Geriatric Care at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, North West Ethiopia

Sema,

Jara,

Demessie

et al. 2024

AMEP

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Background The education and training of health professions students in geriatric care is critical to their future clinical practice. However, the knowledge and attitude of health science students toward geriatric care are barely studied in Ethiopia. Objective This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of graduating medical, pharmacy, and nursing (MPN) students towards geriatric care at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, North West Ethiopia. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 301 graduating MPN students using stratified random sampling from June 30, 2022, to July 30, 2022. The data was collected by using previously validated self-administered structured questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 26. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were done. A statistical significance was declared at a p-value < 0.05. Results The majority of graduating MPN students had either neutral (70.76%) or positive (16.28%) attitudes towards older people; however, a greater amount (88%) of them had poor knowledge of geriatric care. The knowledge of female students was significantly less favorable than the knowledge of male students (p-value < 0.001). The knowledge and attitudes of pharmacy and nursing students were significantly lower than medical students (p-value < 0.001). The attitude mean rank score of students aged ≤25 years was significantly lower than students aged >25 years (p-value < 0.001). Conclusion The majority of graduating MPN students had poor knowledge despite having either a neutral or positive attitude toward geriatric care. Female students had lower knowledge scores than male students. Similarly, pharmacy and nursing students had lower knowledge and attitude scores than medical students, and the attitude score of students aged ≤ 25 years was lower than students aged >25 years. Their respective departments should implement a strategy to improve the knowledge of MNP students.

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“…8 The failure to continue to develop geriatrics content in the PharmD curriculum has resulted in pharmacy students being undertrained in this area. 9 A study evaluating pharmacy, nursing, and physician assistant students found that only 65% agreed or strongly agreed that the gerontological content throughout their education adequately prepared them to care for older adults, which suggests a lack of self-efficacy in this area among these healthcare students. 9 (Self-efficacy is similar to self-confidence in that it refers to beliefs about one's proficiencies; however, self-efficacy is generalizable to new situations and experiences.…”

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Student Knowledge, Skills, and Self-Efficacy Gains After Completing an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience in Geriatrics

Donohoe

Drisaldi

Alotaibi

et al. 2016

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To assess changes in pharmacy students' knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy after completing an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in geriatrics. Design. During the 2013-2014 academic year, 30 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy students were required to complete a 5-week Geriatrics APPE at Plaza Professional Pharmacy in Richmond, Virginia. All students completed a 25-point knowledge-based pre-and post-assessment to measure students' self-efficacy. The average time required to accurately fill one unit dose prescription card before and after completing the APPE was also evaluated. Assessment. Students' average score on the knowledge component improved significantly from 54% to 88% after completing the APPE. The average time required to fill one prescription decreased significantly from 4.0 minutes to 2.5 minutes. Students reported an increase in self-efficacy in the following areas: communication, immunizations, geriatrics-specific pharmacotherapy knowledge, and the ability to fill and check monthly unit dose prescription cards. Conclusion. Requiring fourth-year pharmacy students to complete a geriatrics APPE as a capstone experience to the integrated geriatrics content covered in the first through third years of the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum provides an important opportunity to improve students' knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy in providing care to older adults.

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Development of a questionnaire to assess health profession students’ knowledge of older adults

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Knowledge and Attitude of Pharmacy Students Regarding Geriatric Care: Questionnaire-Based Analysis in Malaysia

Knowledge and Attitude of Pharmacy Students Regarding Geriatric Care: Questionnaire-Based Analysis in Malaysia

Knowledge and Attitudes of Graduating Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students Toward Geriatric Care at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, North West Ethiopia

Student Knowledge, Skills, and Self-Efficacy Gains After Completing an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience in Geriatrics

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