Relationship among undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards the aged, family intimacy and sense of meaning in life
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20201230-06973
- VernacularTitle:本科护生对老年人态度与其家庭亲密度、人生意义感的相关性
- Author:
Kaixuan WANG
1
;
Bohan LYU
;
Xiaohan SHI
;
Zhimei LIU
Author Information
1. 青岛大学附属青岛市市立医院护理部 266071
- Keywords:
Students, nursing;
Aged;
Attitude;
Family intimacy;
Sense of meaning in life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2021;27(16):2120-2126
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the correlation among undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards the aged, family intimacy and sense of meaning in life, so as to provide a reference for improving undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards the aged.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study. Convenience sampling was used to select 385 undergraduate nursing students from 3 universities in Shandong Province as the research objects. The survey was conducted using the General Information Questionnaire, Kogan's Attitudes toward Older People Scale (KAOPS) , Family Intimacy Subscale and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) . The correlation among undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards the aged, family intimacy and sense of meaning in life was analyzed by Pearson correlation. The influencing factors of undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards the aged were analyzed by multiple linear regression. In this study, a total of 385 questionnaires were distributed and 348 valid questionnaires were returned with an effective response rate of 90.39%.Results:Among those undergraduate nursing students, the KAOPS total score was (165.58±23.24) , and the Family Intimacy Subscale score was (70.16±9.75) , and the MLQ total score was (52.84±9.58) . The score of Family Intimacy Subscale, the total score and the dimension scores of MLQ were positively correlated with the KAOPS total score and dimension scores of undergraduate nursing students ( r=0.190-0.450; P<0.01) . The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that gender, experience in geriatric nursing practice, willingness to engage in geriatric nursing work, relationship with the aged, family intimacy, and sense of meaning in life were the influencing factors of undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards the aged ( P<0.05) , explaining 30.1% of the total variation. Conclusions:Undergraduate nursing students generally have a positive attitude towards the aged, but there is still room for improvement. In the future, the intervention research on family intimacy and sense of meaning in life of undergraduate nursing students should be strengthened, so as to guide undergraduate nursing students to have a more positive attitude towards the aged and improve the quality of geriatric nursing services.
