Perceptions of aging and ageism among Mexican physicians-in-training

Gómez-Moreno, Carolina; Verduzco-Aguirre, Haydeé Cristina; Contreras-Garduño, Sergio; Perez-de-Acha, Andrea; Alcalde-Castro, Jacqueline; Chávarri‐Guerra, Yanin; García-Lara, Juan; Navarrete‐Reyes, Ana Patricia; Ávila-Funes, José Alberto; Soto‐Pérez‐de‐Celis, Enrique

doi:10.1007/s12094-019-02107-w

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“…A meta-analysis reviewing data from 32 articles drew a conclusion that being stereotyped negatively affected older adults' cognitive performance and memory [3]. Different from ageism in the general population, ageism of medical students might change their attitudes to older patients, against establishing a good relationship between medical staff and patients [11]; even impact medical treatment for older patients in their future medical care work, reducing the curative of older patients [31], such as differential treatments providing by medical staff in older cancer patients [32]. Most importantly, ageism among medical students' willed reduce their willingness to engage in gerontology [7].…”

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Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Fraboni scale of ageism: evidence from medical students sample

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Background: The increasing of older adults has led to enormous demand for medical care. However, as a group with unique needs and characteristics, older adults are often discriminated against in the medical field. In this paper, we aimed to translate the Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA) into Chinese and examine its construct validity, content validity, and reliability in Chinese mainland medical students. In order to evaluate the prevalence of ageism in Chinese medical students and prompt medical college to adopt necessary teaching methods to mitigate ageism in medical students. Methods: By Brislin's translation guidelines, FSA was translated to Chinese. The convenient sampling method was used to select samples for this survey, including 1,974 students from two medical schools in central and north China. Construct validity was verified by the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The content validity index (CVI) was used to assess content validity. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were used to estimate reliability. Results: The alpha coefficients for FSA (Chinese version) was 0.81 and ICC was 0.87. The CVI was 0.93. Three factors were identified by exploratory factor analysis explaining 34.84% of the total variance and a three-factor model was confirmed to fit by confirmatory factor analysis. Conclusions: FSA (Chinese version) is a reliable and valid scale for measuring discrimination degree against older adults in Chinese medical students.

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Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Fraboni scale of ageism: evidence from medical students sample

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“…I have lots of experience in the school of life”. This was also evident from a study conducted among medical interns [ 39 ] who expressed negative views towards older adults and was indicated by the older adults’ feelings [ 40 ]. In any case, although physicians often have more knowledge of aging processes than the rest of the medical staff, they still display ageist attitudes [ 40 , 41 ].…”

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The Association between Health and Culture: The Perspective of Older Adult Hospital In-Patients in Israel

Even‐Zohar

Shtanger

Israeli

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IJERPH

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People from different cultures are often hospitalized while the staff treating them do not have sufficient knowledge about the attitudes and feelings of the patients regarding culture and health. To fill this gap, the aim of this study was to examine the perspective of Israeli older adult hospital in-patients regarding the association between health and culture and to understand the meaning of the participants’ experiences with regards to the medical staff’s attitude towards them. This study was carried out using qualitative methodology that followed the interpretive interactionism approach. The research participants were 493 (mean age 70.81, S.D.: 15.88) in-patients at internal care departments at a hospital in Israel who answered an open-ended question included in the questionnaire as part of a wide study held during 2017 to 2018. Two main themes were found: (1) a humane attitude of respect and the right to privacy and (2) beliefs, values, and traditional medicine that are passed down through generations. The findings highlighted the issue of the patients’ cultural heritage and ageist attitudes they ascribed to the professional staff. This study provided recommendations for training the in-patient hospital workforce on the topic of cultural competence, beginning from the stage of diagnosis through treatment and to discharge from the hospital, in order to improve the service.

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“…Nonetheless, none of the Mexican Institutions have formally established age-based criteria within their guidelines for performing HSCT and is mainly considered as a medical expert judgement. However, a recently published study demonstrated that Mexican physicians-in-training presented ageism bias [10], which could potentially apply to most physicians in the HSCT field.…”

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Unmet need for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in older adults in developing countries: Experience from a Latin American referral center

Rodríguez¹,

Rivera-Franco

2020

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

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Perceptions of aging and ageism among Mexican physicians-in-training

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Fraboni scale of ageism: evidence from medical students sample

Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Fraboni scale of ageism: evidence from medical students sample

The Association between Health and Culture: The Perspective of Older Adult Hospital In-Patients in Israel

Unmet need for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in older adults in developing countries: Experience from a Latin American referral center

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