Medical student attitudes towards older people: a critical review of quantitative measures

Wilson, Mark; Kurrle, Susan; Wilson, Ian G

doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3186-z

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“…Despite being a potential weakness for validation of a new quantitative instrument, we did not believe demonstrating correlation with another scale would be constructive. Acknowledging some correlation between commonly used attitudes scales in a recent Brazilian study, our critical review of the international literature concluded there was insufficient evidence for validity of any of these scales in the Australian context …”

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“…A critical review of international literature regarding medical student attitudes towards older people led to selection of a semantic differential as the optimal quantitative instrument type to develop for Australian use . Widely employed internationally, the US‐developed instrument with this construct, the Ageing Semantic Differential (ASD), has been in use since 1969 .…”

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“…Item selection for the original ASD was determined in a gender discriminatory manner, with students asked to evaluate only men of different ages The ASD instrument has not been well validated for use in Australia …”

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Development of the Australian Ageing Semantic Differential, a new instrument for measuring Australian medical student attitudes towards older people

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Objective This study outlines development of an instrument for measuring attitudes of medical students towards older people, the Australian Ageing Semantic Differential (AASD). Methods Words for AASD scales were derived from the reflections of 151 third year medical students attending two Australian medical schools. A pilot study of the AASD was then undertaken with third year students at another medical school to confirm usability and reliability of the instrument. After slight modification, a larger study using the AASD was then undertaken of medical students attending the three institutions, in order to obtain sufficient data for exploratory factor analysis. Results n = 321 (response rate 73%). Mean AASD score 73.2/114. Cronbach's α = 0.86. There was no evidence of sequence bias. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) demonstrated four factors: Instrumentality; Personal Appeal; Experience; and Sociability. A lower mean instrumentality subscore for all students and a higher mean experience subscore for female students were noted. Conclusions The AASD instrument proved internally reliable, and its use was generalisable to different groups of medical students. Its design ensured construct and face validity, and responses were not affected by sequencing bias. This study has revealed positive student attitudes towards older people. Variation in attitudes requires further investigation.

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“…Alquwez et al (11) cited that the nursing students that have a near contact to the grandparents, have also positive attitudes toward older peoples. Wilson et al (18) wrote that the medical studens had moderately positive attitudes towards older people. Cheong et al (19) demonstrated that the medical students in Singapore have a positive attitude towards the older people.…”

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Perceptions of Healthcare Services Students on Older Peoples and Ageing

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2019

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Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the perception of older people and ageing among students of a Vocational School of Healthcare Services. Materials and Methods:This descriptive research was conducted on students receiving education in a vocational school of health services during the 2018-2019 academic year. Data were collected using the attitudes toward aging and elderliness scale. Moreover, an additional form was prepared to evaluate the personal information about the students. Results:The study was conducted on 669 students. The mean total attitudes toward aging and elderliness scale score was 2.86±0.6. When all the subscale scores of the attitudes toward aging and elderliness scale were examined, the lowest score was in the perception of the difficulty accepting old age (2.78±0.79), whereas the highest score was in the perception of the difficulty coping with life (3.19±0.73). Gender, presence of a person aged ≥65 years in the family and having lived with an older person in the same house at a certain period in life did not have an effect on the perception of old age and ageing. Conclusion:The results of this study showed that students of the Vocational School of Healthcare Services had an average level of perception regarding ageing and old age. Considering the rapidly ageing population worldwide, it is important to help and guide healthcare technicians develop positive perceptions about older people. AbstractCite this article as:

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“…Working with older patients has often been described as a burden and as less satisfying than working with younger patients. Negative attitudes towards the elderly have been shown to be important predictors for the quality of care and treatment [13] and are one main reason why young medical professionals tend to avoid the field of geriatrics [14]. Recent studies suggest that medical students are not aware of who their future patients will be [11].…”

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Preparing for the future: The changing demographic composition of hospital patients in Denmark between 2013 and 2050

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Background Population aging will pose huge challenges for healthcare systems and will require a promotion of positive attitudes towards older people and the encouragement of careers in geriatrics to attract young professionals into the field and to meet the needs of a rapidly growing number of old-aged patients. We describe the current demographic profile of hospital care use in Denmark and make projections for changes in the patient profile up to 2050. Methods The Danish population in 2013 (N = 5.63 million) was followed up for inpatient and emergency admissions recorded in Danish hospitals in 2013 using population-based registers. We combined age-and sex-specific hospital care use in 2013 with official population estimates to forecast the profile of hospital days up to 2050 with respect to age and sex. Results The total number of hospital days per year is projected to increase by 42% between 2013 and 2050, from 4.66 to 6.72 million days. While small changes are projected for the population aged 0-69, the largest change is projected to occur for the population aged 70+. The 2013 levels were 0.82 and 0.93 million days for men and women aged 70+, respectively. By 2050, these levels are projected to have reached 1.94 and 1.84 million days. While the population aged 70+ accounted for 37.5% of all days in 2013, its contribution is projected to increase to 56.2% by 2050. Conclusion Our study shows one possible scenario for changes in the hospital days due to population aging by 2050: Assuming no changes in hospital care use over the forecast period, the

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Medical student attitudes towards older people: a critical review of quantitative measures

Cited by 32 publications

References 61 publications

Development of the Australian Ageing Semantic Differential, a new instrument for measuring Australian medical student attitudes towards older people

Development of the Australian Ageing Semantic Differential, a new instrument for measuring Australian medical student attitudes towards older people

Perceptions of Healthcare Services Students on Older Peoples and Ageing

Preparing for the future: The changing demographic composition of hospital patients in Denmark between 2013 and 2050

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