Clinical Nurses'Attitude Towards the Elderly and Its Influencing Factors
WANG Lu
LI Qingqing
YAN Xiaoying
QI Luyan
Abstract：Objective To understand the attitude and cognition status of hospital nurses towards the elderly,and analyze the relevant influencing factors,then providing theoretical basis for further clinical intervention.Methods A total of 498 nurses from two Grade A Hospitals in Henan Province were investigated,using the general data questionnaire,Chinese version of Kogan's attitudes towards old people scale,the Chinese version of the facts of aging quiz 1,ageism questionnaire and Chinese version of perceived stress scale.Results The total score of hospital nurses'attitude toward old people scale was(99.86±13.52)points,the total score of the Chinese version of the facts of aging quiz 1 was(10.61±3.18)points,the average score of items in the ageism questionnaire was(3.68±0.50)points,the total score of Chinese version of perceived stress scale was(31.61±6.20)points.The results of multivariate analysis showed that the factors with statistical differences between clinical nurses'attitudes toward the elderly were the attitude towards nursing work,whether there are elderly people in need of care at home,the score of facts of aging quiz 1,ageism to the elderly,stress status of nurses(P＜0.05).Conclusion Hospital nurses have a positive attitude toward the elderly,but their enthusiasm is not high.Hospitals can strengthen the aging knowledge education of nurses in combination with relevant influencing factors,reduce ageism to the elderly,relieve the pressure of clinical nurses,and then improve their attitude toward the elderly and improve the quality of clinical care.
Keywords：nurseattitudes towards the elderlyageismoccupational stress
Publication Date：2025-02-14
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 416-420 )