Knowledge and attitude towards geriatric health and the associated factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia

Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan and Abd Mutalib, Nuria Syafira and Azmi, Nur Syahirah and Mohd Zin, Zahra Najwa (2021) Knowledge and attitude towards geriatric health and the associated factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 21 (Supplement 3). pp. 151-163. ISSN 1675-0306 E-ISSN 2590-3829

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Abstract

Comprehensive care towards geriatric health can be sustained by having good knowledge and attitude among the providers. Hence, this research aims to measure the knowledge and attitude of the final year medical students towards geriatric health and determine the associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the students using structured questionnaires of Geriatric-Attitude-Scale and Palmore-Facts-on-Aging-Quiz was used. Data was analysed using Mann Whitney U test, Chi square test and Spearman correlation coefficient analysis for the association between the score and studied variables. Median score of students’ knowledges is at 14.00 (IQR 13.00) and mean score for attitude is 48.52 (+5.53) respectively. Place of residence (P= 0.01) and presence of grandparents (P= 0.04) were the significant factors that affected knowledge of students towards geriatrics while number of siblings (P= 0.05) influenced attitudes of students towards geriatrics. Improvement of current geriatric curriculum should be done with more refined implementation of gerontology course in the basic medical learning

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	knowledge, attitude, geriatric health, students
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Medicine Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Family Medicine (Effective: 1st January 2011)
Depositing User:	Dr Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Shalihin
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2022 12:34
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2022 09:32
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/96219

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