Mansouri Arani Mohamadreza, Aazami Sanaz, Azami Milad, Borji Milad
Phd Candidate in Nursing Education, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Science, Ilam, Iran.
Int J Nurs Sci. 2017 Jun 24;4(3):311-313. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2017.06.009. eCollection 2017 Jul 10.
Several factors affect the quality of care in the elderly, such as nurses' attitudes. This study aimed to assess nurses' attitude toward elderly in the city of Ilam.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 230 nurses working at public hospitals in the city of Ilam. Participants were selected using simple random sampling from the list of staff. The Kogan's attitude questionnaire was used to measure nurses' attitudes toward the elderly.
The mean age of respondents in this study was 32.65 (SD = 7.67), and the score of attitudes toward the elderly was 144.96 (SD = 51.75) in average. More than half (54.3%) of the nurses had negative attitudes toward the elderly. The results of ANOVA analysis showed significant differences ( < 0.05) were observed in the attitudes toward the elderly among the nurses as their ages, marital status, work experiences, and ward types differed.
In conclusion, nurses in this study have marginally negative attitudes toward the elderly. Therefore, promoting nurses' attitudes toward the elderly is important to provide high-quality care.
多种因素会影响老年人的护理质量，比如护士的态度。本研究旨在评估伊拉姆市护士对老年人的态度。
本横断面研究在伊拉姆市公立医院工作的230名护士中开展。参与者通过从员工名单中简单随机抽样选取。采用科根态度问卷来衡量护士对老年人的态度。
本研究中受访者的平均年龄为32.65岁（标准差=7.67），对老年人态度的平均得分为144.96分（标准差=51.75）。超过半数（54.3%）的护士对老年人持消极态度。方差分析结果显示，随着护士年龄、婚姻状况、工作经历和病房类型的不同，他们对老年人的态度存在显著差异（P<0.05）。
总之，本研究中的护士对老年人的态度略显消极。因此，改善护士对老年人的态度对于提供高质量护理至关重要。
