護理學生的老年性知識與態度現況探討

Nursing Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Sexuality in the Elderly

朱啟瑋(Chi-Wei Chu) ； 王靜枝(Jing-Jy Wang)

《護理暨健康照護研究》 8卷4期 (2012/12) Pp. 306-315

https://doi.org/10.6225/JNHR.08.4.306

摘要

背景：老年照護議題隨著國內老年人口的成長逐漸受到重視，然而老年性議題卻存在許多錯誤認知。護理人員是老年醫療服務團隊中接觸老年人最頻繁的一群，然老年性議題在護理的養成教育或在職教育中仍未受重視，且國內尚缺乏探討護理教育與老年性議題之研究。目的：本研究欲瞭解完成護理養成教育的護理學生面對老年性議題時是否有正確的知識與合宜的態度，並同時比較不同背景變項之護理學生在老年性生活知識與態度的差異性。方法：本研究採回溯性研究設計，探討225名不同學制的護理應屆畢業學生的老年性知識與態度，採分層隨機取樣方式進行結構性問卷調查。結果：研究結果顯示護理學生在老年性知識部分的答對率未達六成，而老年性態度偏正向。此外，在老年性知識部分發現，女性得分高於男性、傳統與西方宗教信仰者之得分高於佛教信仰者、家中有年長父母者分數高於家中僅有年長祖父母者；在老年性態度部份則發現，與65歲以上長者相處頻率較低者和一般大學學制學生之老年性態度得分較高。結論／實務應用：本研究結果期提供護理教育者瞭解目前我國護理學生的老年性知識與態度之現況，以作為未來護理教育課程發展或護理在職訓練規劃之參考，期提升護生在老年性專業上的知能，進而建構出更周全的老年照護。

關鍵字

護生 ； 護理人員 ； 老年性知識 ； 老年性態度

並列摘要

Background: Although attention to elderly care issues has grown with the rising elderly population, healthcare staff continue to harbor many erroneous perceptions of elderly sexuality. Nurses frequently come into contact with older people. However, little attention has been given to providing elderly sexuality-related education in the nursing curriculum or continuing education programs. There is also a palpable lack of relevant study on this issue in the literature.Purpose: This study examines senior nursing students’ knowledge of and attitudes toward elderly sexuality and variables that significantly affect such knowledge and attitudes.Methods: A retrospective research design studied 225 senior nursing students enrolled in various academic curricula. We used the structured aging sexual knowledge and attitude scale to collect data.Results: Participants earned an average score below 60% on questions addressing knowledge of elderly sexuality. Participants' sexual attitudes toward older people was generally positive. Findings also showed that being female, holding traditional folk and or western religious beliefs, and having elderly parents at home correlated with higher knowledge of elderly sexuality. Participants with relatively low contact frequency with elderly patients and those enrolled in 4-year nursing programs demonstrated better attitudes toward elderly sexuality.Conclusions / Implications for practice: Results of this study offer nursing educators better insights into nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes related to elderly sexuality. Such may serve as a reference for future nursing curriculum and education training program development in order to improve the quality of elderly care provided by nursing students and nurses.

並列關鍵字

nursing student ； nurse ； aging sexual knowledge ； aging sexual attitude