Nursing Students' Attitudes towards Disabled Individuals: A Descriptive Study.

Background: The disability attitude of nurses, the largest population of health professionals, can affect health care. Nursing students' attitudes towards disabled individuals have a moderate-positive attitude, and first-year students have the most negative attitudes compared to upper-year students....

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Publicado en:International Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 1266 - 1277
Autores principales: Yilmaz, Sumeyra, Kitis, Yeter
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Publicado: International Journal of Caring Sciences Sep-Dec2024
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          Yilmaz, Sumeyra
          Kitis, Yeter
        affil: Research Assistant, Gazi University, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Public Health Nursing, Ankara, Turkiye
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          Students, Nursing Psychosocial Factors
          Student Attitudes Evaluation
          Attitude to Disability
          Persons with Disabilities
          Human
          Turkiye
          Male
          Female
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Descriptive Research
          Scales
          Government Regulations
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Background: The disability attitude of nurses, the largest population of health professionals, can affect health care. Nursing students' attitudes towards disabled individuals have a moderate-positive attitude, and first-year students have the most negative attitudes compared to upper-year students. Nursing students have various opportunities throughout the curriculum to encourage more positive attitudes. Objective: To identify nursing students' attitudes toward disabled individuals and factors affecting their attitudes. Methods: This research was conducted with a descriptive design. It was conducted on first, second, third, and fourth-year students (n=766) in the nursing department of a state university. A questionnaire and the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (MAS) were used for the data collection. Factors considered related were tested with Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA. Statistical significance was defined as a p-value<0.05. Results: The feelings of the nursing students participating in the study towards the disabled individual were found to be more negative, unlike their thoughts and behaviour. There is a significant relationship between being a woman (p<0.001), being upper class (p<0.001), the presence of a disabled person in the immediate vicinity (p<0.001), receiving education about disability (p<0.001), having information about the legal regulations for the disabled people (p<0.001), and attitude towards a disabled person. Conclusion: Nursing students' attitudes towards disabled individuals were found to be moderately positive. At all grade levels and in the context of the nursing profession, to increase the awareness and sensitivity of students, innovative projects and areas where disabled and non-disabled individuals can come together should be considered. It may be recommended that the factors affecting attitudes towards disabled people be investigated in depth using qualitative research methods.
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