SAĞLIK YÜKSEKOKULU ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN YAŞLILIĞA İLİŞKİN GÖRÜŞ VE TUTUMLARININ BELİRLENMESİ

Abstract

Aim: This research, has been made in type in order to school of health students' views and attitudes about ageism. Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 1237 students attending Kırklareli University School of Health nursing, midwifery, child development, nutrition and dietetics, health management departments in 2015-2016 Education-Training Year. In the analysis of the data, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), variance analysis and independent samples t-test were used (p<0.05). Results: 82.4% of students whose average age is 20.24±1.924, are girls. It was detected that Students' attitudes towards the old people, statistically significant changed according to department (p=0.002) which they are educated and their class (p=0.026). It was determined that students' attitudes toward aging (155.92), are positive. Conclusion: It was determined that Child development department students' attitudes towards old people were higher level than the students from the other departments. It was determined that, attitudes toward aging increased in a positive way with an increase in their fathers' education level. It is recommended that strategies be developed for students to choose to work with older individuals, especially by ensuring that they are in clinical aged care settings.