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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.4.100

Effects of Dementia Education Program on College Students' Knowledge, Attitude, Awareness of Aged Support, and Cognitive-Affective Empathy  

Je, Nam Joo (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
Park, Meera (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
Yang, Hyun Joo (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
Kim, Soo Yeon (Graduate School of Nursing, Changshin University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.4, 2019 , pp. 100-111 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was undertaken to recommend a dementia education program for college students, and to understand the outcome on knowledge and attitude towards dementia, awareness of aged support, and cognitive-affective empathy. Totally, 40 college students in C city, K do, were enrolled for the study, and divided into two groups of 20 each: experimental group and control group. The experimental group subjects were provided a 12-hour dementia education program; effectiveness of this program has been verified in later studies. Data were collected from November 5, 2018 to December 7, 2018; collection was before, after, and 4 weeks after the program was provided to the experimental group. Control group data were also collected in the same time frame. Data analysis was done using IBM SPSS WIN/21.0, and the percentage, mean and standard deviation were analyzed using Shapiro-Wilks test, $x^2$-test, Fisher's exact probability test, Independent t-test, Friedman test, Mann-Whitney U and Repeated Measure ANOVA. Knowledge of dementia (F=19.80, p<0.001), attitude toward dementia (z=-4.10, p<0.001), and awareness of aged support (F=6.26, p=0.017) had a significant interaction between group and time; however, cognitive-affective empathy showed no correlation (F=1.32, p<0.256). We therefore suggest strengthening the contents of future education program for dementia, developing a customized program for cognitive-affective empathy by considering subject characteristics, and further research verifying the effectiveness of the program.
Keywords
Aged; Attitude; Dementia; Empathy; Knowledge; Students;
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