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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2018.16.1.389

A Study of Knowledge about Dementia, Empathy and Attitudes toward Dementia in Caregivers of Older Adults with Dementia  

Park, A Young (College of Nursing, Gwangju University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.16, no.1, 2018 , pp. 389-397 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among dementia knowledge, empathy, attitudes toward to dementia in caregivers of older adults with dementia. Data were collected 147 caregivers who worked in long term care centers. The self-report questionnaire was used for data analysis. SPSS Win. 21.0 was used to analyze data via descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression. The mean score of dementia knowledge was $20.18{\pm}3.58$ out of 30, and the means of empathy was $82.12{\pm}9.68$ out of 105 and the means of dementia attitudes was $96.45{\pm}13.72$ out of 140. Attitudes toward dementia in caregivers differed significantly depending on their age, motivation of job. Attitudes also had a positive correlation with dementia knowledge and empathy. The most significant preditors of attitudes were empathy, job of motivation and age. These factors explained 33.0% of the variance for attitudes toward dementia. Above results suggest that dementia education programs depending on age, job of motivation, and empathy level is needed.
Keywords
Caregiver; Dementia; Knowledge; Empathy; Attitudes;
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