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Setting matters: Associations of nurses' attitudes towards people with dementia
Regula Blaser1, Jeanne Berset1
1Institute on Ageing University of Applied Sciences Bern Switzerland.
Aim:
Identify associations between attitudes of nurses towards people with dementia and their socio-demographic (age and gender) and work-related characteristics (employment, work experience, nursing degree, care setting).
Design:
The study was designed in a cross-sectional way, collecting self-reported questionnaire data.
Methods:
Nurses (N = 417) completed the 20-item Dementia Attitude Scale questionnaire, including socio-demographic and work characteristics. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, group mean comparison, correlation and regression analysis.
Results:
The attitudes of nurses towards people with dementia were only related to the care setting. Attitudes of nurses working in dementia-specialized long-term care institutions were significantly more positive compared with those working in mixed long-term care institutions and in the homecare setting. The other variables, such as age, gender, employment, nursing degree and work experience, were not associated with the attitudes.
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