Comparative study on the attitudes of female seniors and female university students toward seniors

Issue title: Recent Trends in Convergence-based Smart Healthcare Service

Guest editors: Sang-Yeob Ohv, Supratip Ghosew, Kyungyong Chungx, Joong-Kyung Ryuy and Jung-Soo Hanz

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kim, Joohyun^a | Lee, Jiyun^a | Park, Jeongbun^a | Choi, Dong Hee^a | Kim, Eunmi6^a | Kim, Jiyeon^a | You, Meesook^a | Lim, Mengja^a | Lee, Hana^a | Ju, Sejin^{b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Nursing College, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea | [b] Nursing College, Namseoul University, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea | [v] Department of Interactive Media, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea | [w] Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Information Technology and Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh | [x] Department of Computer Information Engineering, Sangji University, Wonju, Korea | [y] Department of Computer Software, Daelim University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea | [z] Division of Information and Communication, Baekseok University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Sejin Ju, Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, 331-707 Daehak-ro 91 Sebuk-gu Cheonan-si Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: This study compared the relating factors on the attitude for elderly between elderly women group and female university student group. The elderly woman group had higher scores in perceived health status, self integrity, self-efficacy, social support, attitude for elderly than female university students group. These differences were statistically significant. The relating factor on the attitude for elderly was self integrity in elderly women group significantly. Variables that significantly affected the attitude towards seniors were not found in the female university student group.

Keywords: Attitude for elderly, self integrity, self efficacy, social support

DOI: 10.3233/THC-140808

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 489-495, 2014