Attitudes Towards Geriatrics: A Report of the King's Survey

Gale, Janet; Livesley, Brian

doi:10.1093/ageing/3.1.49

Cited by 47 publications

(18 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…it might be that they come to realize that they have more patience and empathy with the elderly than they thought possible. However, the present study did not include a group of qualified doctors, and some have suggested that there is a move towards less favourable attitudes to elderly people after graduation (Gale & Livesley 1974).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Geriatric medicine: does teaching alter medical students' attitudes to elderly people?

Deary

Smith²,

Mitchell

et al. 1993

Medical Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The development of a questionnaire to assess the attitudes of medical students towards old people is described. Principal components analysis of the responses of 114 first-year medical students revealed two orthogonal factors, named negative attitudes and medical intervention. Scores on these factors were compared among three groups of medical students: first-year students, 64 clinical phase medical students prior to a geriatric medicine course, and 69 medical students who had completed a geriatric medicine course. Negative attitudes scores did not differ between first year and the clinical years, but were reduced after the geriatric medicine course. Scores on the medical intervention factor reduced significantly from first year to the clinical years and were not reduced further by the geriatric medicine course. Women tended to have lower scores on negative attitudes. Medical students appeared to change their attitudes concerning the degree to which medical intervention is appropriate as a result of preclinical or general medical experience. However, their reservations concerning the reward to be gained from working with elderly people were stable over the same periods, but were altered by a course in geriatric medicine.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Geriatric medicine: does teaching alter medical students' attitudes to elderly people?

Deary

Smith²,

Mitchell

et al. 1993

Medical Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The reasons for the lack of interest in geriatric medicine may be beyond the scope of simple attitude scales. Gale & Livesley (1974) and Sainsbury et al (1994) have provided some interesting pointers towards future research with their findings of a deterioration in attitudes towards elderly people following graduation. Future researchers might also benefit from the advice of reviewers such as Kite & Johnson (1988) and McTavish (1971), who suggest that the true nature of attitudes towards elderly people is best described by a multifactorial model.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes to and knowledge about elderly people: a comparative analysis of students of Medicine, English and Computer Science and their teachers

Edwards

Aldous

1996

Medical Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Attitudes to and knowledge about elderly people were assessed in 1091 students and lecturers from the London Hospital Medical College (LHMC), London, UK and the English and Computer Science departments of Queen Mary and Westfield College (QMW), London, UK. General knowledge about elderly people was measured by the Palmore 'Facts about Aging Quiz 1'. Attitudes towards elderly people were measured by the Rosencranz and McNevin Semantic Differential scale. A higher level of knowledge about elderly people was found both in medical students and in medical lecturers compared to their counterparts in the English and Computer Science departments (P < 0.001). The cross-sectional data indicated that medical students developed a significantly increasing knowledge about elderly people as they progressed through their training, in contrast to students of English and Computer Science. Scores on the Rosencranz & McNevin scale indicated that attitudes towards elderly people across all three groups of students and lecturers were similar. The scores obtained for all groups indicated that they held approximately neutral attitudes towards elderly people. A significant correlation (P < 0.001) was found between high levels of knowledge about elderly people, and positive attitudes towards them. The necessity of interventions to improve general attitudes towards and knowledge of elderly people among medical students is questioned. It is suggested that future research should look beyond surveys of general attitudes towards elderly people for the causes of the current lack of interest in geriatric medicine.

show abstract

“…Gale & Livesley (1974) showed that clinical medical students had a more favourable attitude to elderly people than junior hospital medical staff. Their study was performed at a time when clinical teaching in geriatric medicine was not part of the curriculum.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes of medical students to old people: a cross-national comparative study

1992

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Medical students' attitudes to the elderly were compared at the start and finish of a 5-week clinical attachment in health care of the elderly at the Christchurch School of Medicine. The study investigated students in their first clinical year (fourth year of their medical course) over five terms using a questionnaire employing a Rosencranz-McNevin semantic differential scale to measure general attitudes to old age and a Likert scale to measure attitudes to medical care. A question was also asked about career preferences. There was significant improvement in attitudes measured by both scales (Rosencranz-McNevin P less than 0.001, Likert P less than 0.001). Students also showed an increase in interest in health care of the elderly as a career choice. When compared with two cohorts of students from Nottingham Medical School, attitudes were significantly better in the Christchurch group at the commencement of the run. Students at both schools showed an improvement in knowledge but this was more marked for Christchurch students.

show abstract

Attitudes Towards Geriatrics: A Report of the King's Survey

Cited by 47 publications

References 0 publications

Geriatric medicine: does teaching alter medical students' attitudes to elderly people?

Geriatric medicine: does teaching alter medical students' attitudes to elderly people?

Attitudes to and knowledge about elderly people: a comparative analysis of students of Medicine, English and Computer Science and their teachers

Attitudes of medical students to old people: a cross-national comparative study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About