Lucchetti Alessandra Lg, da S Ezequiel Oscarina, Moreira-Almeida Alexander, Lucchetti Giancarlo
Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Australas J Ageing. 2018 Jun;37(2):E74-E77. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12532. Epub 2018 Apr 14.
To compare instruments available for evaluating attitudes and knowledge about geriatrics and gerontology.
This cross-sectional study investigated 83 third-year Brazilian medical students (with exposure to geriatrics and gerontology) and 75 incoming students (with no exposure to this content). We used the University of California at Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale, Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz, modified Maxwell-Sullivan Attitude Survey, Aging Semantic Differential Scale and an instrument assessing their cognitive knowledge in geriatrics.
The instruments investigated had moderate-to-high correlations when evaluating similar constructs, had satisfactory or borderline internal consistency for the most part (Cronbach's α: 0.62-0.94) and were capable of discriminating between students exposed or not to practical and theoretical content.
Our findings reinforce previous studies that these scales are capable of differentiating students who have or have not had exposure/intervention and, in general, seem to be assessing different constructs.
比较可用于评估对老年医学和老年学的态度及知识的工具。
这项横断面研究调查了83名巴西三年级医学生（已接触老年医学和老年学）和75名新生（未接触过此内容）。我们使用了加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校老年医学态度量表、帕尔莫尔衰老知识测验、改良的麦克斯韦 - 沙利文态度调查、衰老语义差异量表以及一项评估他们老年医学认知知识的工具。
在评估相似结构时，所调查的工具具有中到高度的相关性，大部分具有令人满意或临界的内部一致性（克朗巴赫α系数：0.62 - 0.94），并且能够区分接触过或未接触过实践和理论内容的学生。
我们的研究结果强化了先前的研究，即这些量表能够区分有或没有接触/干预经历的学生，并且总体上似乎在评估不同的结构。
