The effect of intervention program on nursing students attitudes regarding ageism

  • Authors

    • Lamia A. Awad
    • Zainab Hassan Hassan Osman
    • Safaa Abdlazem Osman
    2018-05-14
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijans.v7i1.10248
  • Ageism, Attitudes, Course, Gerontology, Nursing, Student.

  • Background: Nursing positions for older students can affect the quality of care provided to them. The values, perceptions, and beliefs of health care nurses towards the elderly are considered among the underlying causes of prejudice against the elderly.

    Objective: This study aimed to study the effect of intervention program on the attitudes of students towards Ageism.

    Methodology: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing -MansouraUniversity using semi-experimental design with prior evaluation of the other to conduct this study. A total number of 110 nursing students attendingMansouraUniversity were included in the study. A self-administered questionnaire and the educational background on aging and care of the elderly using the attitude of Kogan towards the elderly scale were used. A structured educational intervention with gerontology content for students was designed and implemented to raise students ' knowledge, and improve their attitudes toward the ageism. The study was conducted from February 2016 to May 2016.

    Results: There was a statistically significant difference in total score of negative attitude scale items before and after implementation of gerontology nursing course.

    Conclusion & recommendation: The educational intervention with gerontology content is valuable in humanizing nursing students' negative attitude toward the ageism. Nurse educators strengthen gerontological content in the nursing curriculum and provide tailored nursing education to reduce ageism among professional nurses as well as dissemination of educational intervention with gerontology content to other nursing students in all specialties inEgypt for further confirmation of the findings.

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    A. Awad, L., Osman, Z. H. H., & Osman, S. A. (2018). The effect of intervention program on nursing students attitudes regarding ageism. International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies, 7(1), 62-67. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijans.v7i1.10248