Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing (한국보건간호학회지)

Korean Society of public Health Nursing (한국보건간호학회)
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Effects of Knowledge and Attitudes towards Dementia on Social Distance from Senile Dementia among University Students

대학생의 치매 지식 및 태도가 치매노인에 대한 사회적 거리감에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Mijeong (Department of Nursing.The Research Institute for Basic Science, Hoseo University) ;
  • Moon, Heakyung (Department of Nursing, Hoseo University) ;
  • Oh, Doonam (Department of Nursing, Hoseo University)
  • 박미정 (호서대학교 간호학과.기초과학연구소) ;
  • 문혜경 (호서대학교 간호학과.기초과학연구소) ;
  • 오두남 (호서대학교 간호학과.기초과학연구소)
  • Received : 2017.10.20
  • Accepted : 2017.12.14
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The study was conducted to investigate the effects of knowledge and attitude towards dementia on social distance from senile dementia among university students. Methods: The study was a descriptive study based on 235 university students. Data were collected from September 1 to 15, 2017 using a structured self-report questionnaire. Dementia knowledge, dementia attitude, and social distance from senile dementia were measured. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and hierarchical multiple regression. Results: After adjusting for the general and dementia-related characteristics of the participants, the significant predictors of social distance from senile dementia among university students were dementia attitude. Moreover, knowledge and attitude towards dementia explained 27.8% of the variance in social distance from senile dementia among university students. Conclusion: The results indicate that educators need to make efforts to improve dementia attitude and to develop plans to increase dementia knowledge in order to reduce university students' prejudice against senile dementia.

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