Nursing Students and Social Welfare Students' Knowledge and Attitudes toward Dementia

Kim, Sook-Hee; Ahn, Okhee; Park, Dahye

doi:10.15207/jkcs.2015.6.3.111

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“…Interestingly, the score for empathy towards older adults in this study-including both cognitive and emotional empathy-was higher than that of Korean nursing students, and cognitive empathy was greater than emotional empathy in both studies. Further, the score for the attitude towards older adults was lower than the middle range, while previous studies found the attitudes of nurses and nursing students were within the middle range (Kim et al, 2002;Kim, 2011;Kim, and Jeong, 2013;Kim et al, 2016;Kim and Jang, 2017;Kwon et al, 2013).…”

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Nursing Students’ Willingness to Care for Older Adults

Jang

Kim

2018

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The older adult population has increased and is projected to grow. This population usually has chronic disorders that need continuous care. However, it has been reported nurses and nursing students have negative attitude towards older adults. This descriptive study aimed at investigating factors influencing nursing students' willingness to care for older adults. This study was conducted among 270 nursing students at the university in the United States from February 1 to February 28, 2017. Study participants answered the survey about quality and frequency of contact with older adults, anxiety about aging, empathy, attitude, and willingness to care for older adults. Tools in the study included; quality and frequency of contact with older adults; anxiety of aging scale; interpersonal reactivity index; attitude towards older adults; and willingness to care for older adults. The result showed factors influencing nursing students' willingness to care for older adults; the year (e.g. first, second, and third year) of nursing program, anxiety of aging, and empathy towards older adults. Therefore, this study recommends the nursing program be revised to improve nursing students' willingness to care for older adults by increasing empathy and quality of contact with older adults and decreasing anxiety about aging throughout the program.

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Nursing Students’ Willingness to Care for Older Adults

Jang

Kim

2018

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“…Although the older adult population has increased and their nursing care is significant, Korean nursing students have shown low preference for older adult care during the clinical rotations including fundamental, adult medical-surgical, community, and gerontological nursing courses [7]. However, other studies showed nursing students had unclear or positive attitude to older adults [3,5,7].…”

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Factors associated with nursing students’ willingness to care for older adults in Korea and the United States

Jang

Kim

2019

International Journal of Nursing Sciences

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ObjectiveElderly health care needs increase and nurses' role for elderlies is vital. It is significant to identify nursing students' intention to care for elderlies. Thus, this study investigated nursing students’ willingness to care for elderlies in Korea and the United States.MethodsThe study was conducted with 437 undergraduate nursing students from Korea and the United States from May 25 to 31, 2018. Participants completed a survey including frequency and quality of contact, anxiety about aging, empathy, attitude toward elderly, and willingness to care.ResultsStudy findings from the entire group showed that nursing students’ willingness to care for the elderly was positively associated with contact quality (β = 0.22, P < 0.001) and empathy (β = 0.12, P = 0.009) but negatively associated with anxiety about aging (β = −0.23, P < 0.001) and attitude toward the elderly (β = −0.14, P = 0.004). Contact quality (β = 0.30, P < 0.001) was positively associated with the willingness to care in Korean students, whereas extended family living type (β = −0.15, P = 0.012) and attitude toward the elderly (β = −0.18, P = 0.005) negatively associated in US students.ConclusionThis study suggested that nursing educators reinforce contact quality and empathy but reduce anxiety about aging and attitude toward elderly to enhance future nurses’ care quality.

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“…Next, their understanding of the elderly was determined based on Palmore's aging quiz scale [35], which consists of physical/physiological (seven items), psychological (six items), and family/social (seven items) questions. The translations and modifications from previous studies [36][37][38] were developed and used, and Cronbach's alpha of the revised and supplemented understanding scale was 0.737. Lastly, the questions about a senior beauty service experience and educational needs for the elderly consisted of eight questions about volunteering for the elderly and educational experiences related to the elderly, the necessity of education and the necessity of professional occupations, and the preference of related education composition and subjects.…”

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Customer Happiness and Open Innovation in the Esthetics Education for the Elderly Generation

Shin

Yeom

Park

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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In Korean society, where aging is rapidly progressing, the happiness of the elderly is no longer an economic issue. An esthetics program has the effect of improving depression or low self-esteem to increase psychological and physical satisfaction, which is a good way to raise the happiness index of the elderly. However, there is a lack of esthetics education or esthetics programs in Korea to train estheticians to serve elderly people. This study confirmed the possibility of open innovation through esthetics education to increase the happiness index of the elderly. As a research method, a self-administered questionnaire was used to survey 572 estheticians and analyzed statistically. In this study, Korean estheticians were very positive about the need for the development of professional care programs for the elderly, and it was found that they are willing to care for the elderly. Developing a variety of esthetic programs through the training of professional manpower for the elderly in the future will contribute to enhancing the happiness index of elderly Korean people.According to the Korea Statistical Office, the aged population index was 104.8 in 2017, and the elderly population aged 65 or older already exceeded the youth population aged 10-14 [3].However, it is doubtful whether Korea is prepared to face aging rapidly. According to the OECD statistics, the suicide rate [1] and poverty rate [2] of the elderly in Korea are the highest among the OECD countries, and one out of five elderly people suffer from depression [4].After retirement, many people live between 20 and 40 years, a fact that creates the need for better quality of life and independence [5]. Happiness effects positive emotions that determine quality of life [6]. In this regard, many studies have been conducted on factors related to the happiness of the elderly.While GDP remains widely used as an indicator of a nation's economic activity, it has been consistently found that happiness does not necessarily increase with income, and many international organizations and experts agree that it is necessary to have a happiness index that incorporates not only economic value (e.g., GDP) but also life satisfaction, future expectations, unemployment rate, self-esteem, hope, and love [7,8]. In other words, in order to raise the happiness index of the elderly, a program that can cover not only economic aspects but also psychological aspects is needed. In particular, high self-esteem has been reported to be one of the strongest predictors of well-being [9], and it has a strong relation to happiness. One study found that people with high self-esteem are significantly, substantially happier than other people. They are also less likely to be depressed, either in general or specifically in response to stressful, traumatic events [10].Social welfare programs, such as art therapy, music therapy, and laughter therapy, are emerging to address the psychological difficulties Korean elderly face, but most Korean welfare is still focused on solving economic difficulties. In o...

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Nursing Students and Social Welfare Students' Knowledge and Attitudes toward Dementia

Cited by 7 publications

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Nursing Students’ Willingness to Care for Older Adults

Nursing Students’ Willingness to Care for Older Adults

Factors associated with nursing students’ willingness to care for older adults in Korea and the United States

Customer Happiness and Open Innovation in the Esthetics Education for the Elderly Generation

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