Comparison of attitudes towards persons with dementia, knowledge of dementia and ageism amongst students in Taiwan and Japan: A cross-sectional study.
ageism
attitude
dementia
dental hygiene student
Journal
European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
ISSN: 1600-0579
Titre abrégé: Eur J Dent Educ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9712132
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
06
10
2019
revised:
14
01
2020
accepted:
15
01
2020
pubmed:
23
1
2020
medline:
1
5
2020
entrez:
23
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study aimed to compare the attitudes towards people with dementia, knowledge of dementia and ageism amongst Taiwanese and Japanese dental hygiene students. A total of 328 students participated in this cross-sectional study. Attitudes, knowledge and ageism were assessed using self-reports. Participants' association with older adults or persons with dementia was also assessed. Primary outcomes included attitude, knowledge and ageism amongst students. Secondary outcomes were the factors related to their desire to work with persons with dementia. Data of 175 Taiwanese and 91 Japanese students were analysed. There were significantly more Japanese (69.2%) than Taiwanese (33.2%) students without experience of cohabitation with older adults. More Taiwanese (45.1%) than Japanese students (30.8%) gave a neutral answer regarding their desire to work with persons with dementia. Japanese students scored significantly higher on the attitude and ageism scales than did Taiwanese students; however, the scores of knowledge assessment were approximately the same. Attitude or ageism did not correlate with knowledge amongst students from either country. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the desire to work with persons having dementia was related to ageism and the relationship with these people, irrespective of country. Although the students had comparable levels of knowledge, there existed significant difference in the attitudes and the degree of ageism between students from Taiwan vs Japan. This finding may prompt improvement of education on dementia, where differences in nationality and lifestyle, including the rate of ageing and family structure, are taken into consideration.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
301-309Informations de copyright
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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