Title of article :
Willingness to Work with Older Adults in the Medical Field in Iran in 2017
Author/Authors :
Mollaei, Parisa School of Health - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Abolfathi Momtaz, Yadollah Iranian Research Center on Aging - University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran , Mousavi Shirazi, Fatemeh School of Health - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Delbari, Ahmad Iranian Research Center on Aging - University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Background: Providing good health care for the elderly is one of the most important challenges of aging population. The current study was
conducted to assess the willingness to work with elderly people among
medical sciences students in Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of
583 students from medical universities in Tehran, Iran in 2017. A
multi-stage stratified random sampling was employed to obtain the
study sample. The Willingness to Work with Elderly People Scale
(WEPS) was used to measure the dependent variable. Data were
analyzed using SPSS software version 23.
Results: The study sample consisted of 583 medical sciences students
with a mean age of 21.98 (SD=3.63) years old. The total mean score
for willingness to work with the elderly in medical students was found
to be 72.07 (SD=9.50). The results revealed a significant association
between fields of study and willingness to work with older adults (F (7,
575)=2.62, P<0.01).
Conclusions: The results of this study showed that, the willingness to
work with the elderly is low among students from medical universities
in Tehran, Iran.
Keywords :
Aged , Aged care , Willingness , Medical sciences students
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
