The effect of the aging simulation on attitude toward older people among middle adolescents
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Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the aging simulation on attitude toward older people among middle adolescents.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study with a one group pre-posttest design was conducted with35 middle adolescents studying in the 10th grade of a high school recruited by simple random sampling with a table of random numbers from students who had a lower mean score of attitude than the group mean. An attitude toward older people questionnaire was used. The aging simulation on attitudes toward older people was content validated by 3 experts. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and dependent t-tests.
Results: The results showed that the majority of the sample was female (60.00%) aged 15 years old (62.90%) living in Amphoe Muang (100%), and a single family with elderly living in the same house (62.90%). Before implementing the aging simulation, the adolescents' attitude towards older people mean score was = 142.20, SD = 9.87. After the activity, the average mean score of students' attitudes was higher,
= 148.91, SD = 12.42. Moreover, the results showed that there was a significant difference between the average mean scores before and after attending the activity (t=-3.198, p<0.05).
Conclusions: Therefore, healthcare personnel and teachers should apply “The aging simulation on attitudes toward older people” for middle-school adolescents. This activity could encourage positive attitudes towards older people in order to prepare them to care for older people and reduce the problem of abandonment of older people.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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