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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2015.6.3.111

Nursing Students and Social Welfare Students' Knowledge and Attitudes toward Dementia  

Kim, Sookhee (Nursing team manager, Woosuk Gimje Oriental Medicine Hospital)
Ahn, Okhee (Department of Nursing, Woosuk University)
Park, Dahye (Department of Nursing, Semyung University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.6, no.3, 2015 , pp. 111-117 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is a descriptive research conducted to provide basic resources for the production course and programs by identifying knowledge and attitudes toward dementia of nursing students and social welfare students. The participants were 451 students of nursing science and social welfare in four-year university at J-do. Data were collected from October 1, 2012 to October 20, 2012, by using structured questionnaires and analyzed by using SPSS 20.0 program. The participants showed relatively high level of knowledge. Nursing students($16.42{\pm}1.77point$, range 0~20) showed higher level of knowledge than social welfare students($16.02{\pm}2.3029point$, range 0~20)(p=.015). Both students showed relatively positive attitudes(nursing $40.48{\pm}4.29point$, social welfare $40.54{\pm}4.6229point$, range 10~50). The higher the participants' knowledge and interests in dementia, attitudes toward dementia were more positive. Based on the result, it is required to develop various education program and research to promote knowledge and attitudes toward dementia.
Keywords
Nursing students; Social Welfare students; Dementia; Knowledge; Attitudes;
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