Tamale Teaching Hospital, Intensive Care Unit Ghana, School of Clinical Sciences, Department of Nursing, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Nursing and Midwifery School, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
Nurs Open. 2022 Jul;9(4):2054-2062. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1216. Epub 2022 May 8.
The increasing population of older adults and rapid increases in co-morbidities globally has necessitated the need for a healthcare delivery system that meets the multifaceted needs of the growing population of older adults. Concurrent with these rising complex health needs is the importance of positive, non-judgmental attitudes of health services providers towards older adults. Moreover, this is particularly important in the nursing profession, given nurses' significant and crucial roles in healthcare settings.
The study aimed to evaluate nurses' attitudes towards older adults in a tertiary hospital in Ghana.
It employed a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative design.
Data were collected from 160 registered adult medical and surgical ward nurses using the Ageism Attitude Scale (AAS).
Findings indicated that more than half of the participants had a diploma in general nursing. None of the nurses surveyed specialized in the care of older adults, and the mean age of participants was 30.14 (3.75) (minimum 24 and maximum 42 years). Female nurses had more positive attitudes than their male counterparts. Although the surveyed nurses reported a somewhat positive attitude towards older adults, there was no correlation between nurses' education levels and positive attitudes.
全球老年人口不断增加，合并症迅速增加，这使得医疗保健服务系统需要满足不断增长的老年人群的多方面需求。随着这些日益复杂的健康需求的增加，卫生服务提供者对老年人持有积极、非评判的态度非常重要。此外，鉴于护士在医疗保健环境中扮演着重要而关键的角色，这一点在护理行业尤为重要。
本研究旨在评估加纳一家 tertiary 医院护士对老年人的态度。
采用描述性横断面定量设计。
采用 Ageism Attitude Scale（AAS）量表，对 160 名注册成人内科和外科病房护士进行调查。
研究结果表明，超过一半的参与者持有普通护理文凭。没有接受过专门护理老年人的培训，参与者的平均年龄为 30.14（3.75）（最小 24 岁，最大 42 岁）。女性护士比男性护士有更积极的态度。尽管调查护士对老年人的态度有些积极，但护士的教育水平与积极态度之间没有相关性。
