The willingness of elderly care program students to care for older adults and the associated factors: a multi-centered research

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dc.contributor.authorOkur, Elif
dc.contributor.authorAkbal, Yağmur
dc.contributor.authorYagci Sentürk, Aysun
dc.contributor.authorDaştan, Buket
dc.contributor.authorKuralay, Çiğdem
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-28T12:08:59Z
dc.date.available2026-02-28T12:08:59Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentBayburt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractProspective technicians for elderly care are indispensable elements that should be included in the relevant system to meet the ever-increasing care needs of the aging world population and increase the quality of care. This research was conducted to evaluate the attitudes of students in the elderly care program at the associate degree toward the older adults and their willingness to provide care. The sample of this descriptive and cross-sectional study comprised 525 volunteer students in elderly care programs in five vocational schools of higher education located in northeastern Turkey between June 2020 and September 2020. Mean, standard deviation, number, percentage, independent t-test, and correlation analysis were used to evaluate the data. The study showed that the mean age of the students involved in the study was 20.3 ± 1.6. 77.7% of them were female, and 61.9% were in the first grade. Students’ willingness to care for older adults was found to be at a moderate level (36.3 ± 6.0). The students had a negative attitude (137.4 ± 26.7) about aging and elderliness. The willingness of male students to care for older adults was significantly higher (p <.05). Those who did not live with an older adult in the same house before had a more negative attitude toward them (p <.05). To get rid of personal and social stereotypes and have a positive attitude toward older adults, students should be provided to work in clinical environments that will allow them to spend more time with them. © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03601277.2022.2111894
dc.identifier.endpage344
dc.identifier.issn03601277
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85136468802
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage333
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2022.2111894
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/5771
dc.identifier.volume49
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofEducational Gerontology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260218
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectaging
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcorrelation analysis
dc.subjectcross-sectional study
dc.subjectelderly care
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjecthuman experiment
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmulticenter study
dc.subjectstereotypy
dc.subjecttertiary education
dc.subjectTurkey (republic)
dc.subjectvocational education
dc.subjectyoung adult
dc.titleThe willingness of elderly care program students to care for older adults and the associated factors: a multi-centered research
dc.typeArticle

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