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An analysis of nursing and medical students' attitudes towards and knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
- Source :
- International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship; 2022, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Little is known about how Jordanian undergraduate medical and nursing students perceive Alzheimer's disease (AD) care. This study aimed to investigate nursing and medical students' AD knowledge, attitudes, and associated factors with their knowledge to inform reforms to multidisciplinary AD education undergraduate programs in Jordan. Cross-sectional research was carried out using a self-administered questionnaire. Students' knowledge was measured using the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) and attitudes were measured using the Dementia Care Attitude Scale (DCAS). The survey was completed by 423 nursing and medical students. The overall mean score on the ADKS for students' AD knowledge was 17.50 (SD=3.08) out of 30 and the DCAS for students' attitudes toward AD was 26.76 (SD=6.19) out of 40. Medical students had a higher level of AD knowledge and a lower level of positive attitude than nursing students (p<0.05). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALZHEIMER'S disease
ANALYSIS of variance
HEALTH occupations students
MEDICAL students
CROSS-sectional method
ONE-way analysis of variance
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RESEARCH methodology
HEALTH literacy
T-test (Statistics)
CONCEPTUAL structures
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
STUDENT attitudes
NURSING students
DATA analysis software
STATISTICAL sampling
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1548923X
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164560054
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2022-0033