Deltsidou Anna
Background: Few studies have attempted to examine nurse teachers’ attitudes toward older people. Attitudes towards the older people are considered as an important factor in their care. The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of nursing students and their teachers towards the older people. Material and Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Nursing Department, at the Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece. For this purpose a 20–item questionnaire was filled in by 246 of first, fourth and fifth semester students and by 76 nurse teachers. The non-parametric Mann–Whitney–U test was used for the comparison between the two independent groups, the ordinal data were examined through the non-parametric Kruskall-Wallis H test and t–test was performed to compare the mean total score between the two groups. Results: Students score better than teachers (mean score 57.65 vs. 55.78, p=0.011). Teachers and women had in general more positive attitudes (p
