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ATTITUDES TOWARDS OLDER PEOPLE IN CROATIAN AND SLOVENIAN NURSING STUDENTS

Jurica Veronek orcid.org/0000-0002-6312-9384 ; University Center Varaždin, University North, Varaždin, Croatia
Maja Bajs Janović ; Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Špiro Janović ; Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Barić ; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Joca Zurc ; Graduate School of Education, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
Zvjezdana Gvozdanović ; General County Hospital Našice, Našice, Croatia

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Background: Croatia and Slovenia are neighboring countries with marked differences in high school and undergraduate nursing
curricula. The aim was to assess and compare attitudes toward the elderly among undergraduate nursing students in Croatia and
Slovenia and identify factors associated with positive/negative attitudes.
Subjects and methods: This was a cross-sectional survey conducted between September, 2017 and July, 2018 among undergraduate
nursing students at five higher education institutions: three in Slovenia and two in Croatia. The following data were gathered:
age, sex, year of study, previous education, employment status, previous education in gerontolgy, desired professional role after
graduating, previous experience with the elderly. Kogan`s Attitude Towards Old People Scale (KATOPS) score was the primary
outcome measure. Pairwise comparisons were conducted between Croatian and Slovenian students. KATOPS score was dichotomized
with values above the 3rd quartile considered excellent - the dichotomized score was used as the dependent variable in a
binary logistic regression model.
Results: Overall, 825 students completed the questionnaire, 85.5% were women, 417 from Slovenia, 408 from Croatia, and 80%
were under 22 years of age (80%). The average score on the KATOPS was 127.4, 95% CI 126.6-128.2. Variables associated with
excellent scores on the KATOPS, based on the binary regression were: studying in Slovenia (OR=2.05, 95% CI 1.39-3.03), age
group 28-32 years (OR=3.9, 95% CI 1.53-9.98); previous education gerontic nursing (OR=2.45, 95% CI 1.34-4.47), and full-time
study (OR=2.12, 95% CI 1.38-3.55). Variables not associated with excellent scores were: being married (OR=0.44, 95% CI 0.22- 0.92) and having previous experience in working with the elderly (OR=0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.86).
Conclusion: Attitudes toward old age are mildly positive in Slovenian and Croatian nursing students. Slovenian students have
significantly more positive attitudes toward old age and these differences are most probably due to marked differences in
undergraduate nursing curricula between the two countries.

Ključne riječi

aging; attitudes; nursing

Hrčak ID:

262622

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/262622

Datum izdavanja:

18.11.2020.

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