Atatürk Üniversitesi diþ hekimliði fakültesi son sýnýf öðrencilerinin yaþlý bireylere karþý tutumunun deðerlendirilmesi

GÝRÝÞ ve AMAÇ: Bu çalýþmanýn amacý, Atatürk Üniversitesi Diþ Hekimliði Fakültesi son sýnýf öðrencilerinin, yaþlý bireylere karþý tutumunun incelenmesidir.
YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: Bu kesitsel çalýþma, Atatürk Üniversitesi Diþ Hekimliði Fakültesi’nde öðrenim gören 103 son sýnýf öðrencisi arasýnda, Erzurum, Türkiye’de yapýlmýþtýr. Yaþ Bazlý Semantik Diferansiyel (YSD) indeksinin Türkçe versiyonu hazýrlanarak bir web anket oluþturulmuþtur. Diþ hekimliði öðrencilerinin demografik özellikleri ve çocukluðunda ebeveynleri ve büyükanne ve/veya büyükbabalarý ile ayný evde kalýp kalmadýklarý, ileride yaþlý bireyleri tedavi etme konularýndaki isteklilikleri, geriatrik hastalarý tedavi etmeyi sevip sevmedikleri hakkýnda bilgi toplanmýþtýr. Çalýþma sonucunda elde edilen verilerin istatistiksel analizi, tanýmlayýcý istatistikler ve Student t test ile yapýlmýþtýr.
BULGULAR: Ortalama YSD skoru 3.9 olarak bulunmuþtur. Total YSD skoru cinsiyetler arasýnda farklýlýk göstermemiþtir (P=.192). Büyük anne ve/veya büyük babasýyla yaþayan ve yaþamayan öðrencilerin YSD skorlarý arasýnda anlamlý farklýlýk bulunmamýþtýr (P=.248). Ýleride meslek yaþamýnda yaþlý hastalarý tedavi etmek isteyen ve istemeyen öðrencilerin YSD skorlarý arasýnda ise farklýlýk bulunmuþtur (P<.001). Ayrýca, günlük pratikte yaþlý hastalara bakmayý seven öðrencilerin indeks skorlarý, sevmeyen öðrencilerden daha yüksek bulunmuþtur (P<. 001).
TARTIÞMA ve SONUÇ: Öðrencilerin yaþlý bireylere karþý tutumu genel olarak pozitif bulunmuþtur. Çocukluðunda büyük anne ve/veya büyük baba ile yaþamak, öðrencilerin tutumunu etkilememiþtir. Günlük pratiðinde ve gelecekte yaþlý bireyleri tedavi etme konusunda istekli olan öðrencilerin tutumu, istekli olmayanlardan daha pozitif bulunmuþtur.

Attitudes toward the older adults among the senior dentistry students at the University of Atatürkdentist in Turkey

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of final- year dentistry students at university of Ataturk in Turkey toward elderly patients.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 103 senior dentistry students of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. A web-based questionnaire was created by using Turkish version of the Aged Semantic Differential (ASD) scale. Demographic characteristics of dentistry students and information about whether they lived in the same house with their parents and grandparents during their childhood, willingness about treating elderly in the future, they like or don’t like treating geriatric patients was also collected. The obtained data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Student’s t-test.
RESULTS: Average of the ASD score was 3.89. Total ASD scores didn’t vary between genders (P=.192). There weren’t any statistical differences between the dentistry students who had lived together with their grandparents during their childhood and those who didn’t (P=.248). However, there were difference between index scores of students who were willing to treat elderly people in their daily oral care practices in the future and weren’t (P<.001). Furthermore, index scores of students who liked treating elderly people in their daily practice were higher than students who don’t like (P<.001).
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Students’ attitude toward elderly was generally positive and didn’t differ according to gender. Living with grandparents in their childhood didn’t affect attitudes of students. Students who were willing about treating elderly people in the daily clinical practice/future had more positive attitudes.