Author(s):
Sonia Karen, Liz Sequera
Email(s):
soniakaren@fathermuller.in
DOI:
10.5958/2349-2996.2018.00034.4 
Address:
Ms Ashlyn Flavia D’Souza1, Ms Anju Mariya Sunny1, Ms Jubi Maria Thomas1,
Ms Sonia Karen Liz Sequera2
1Basic B’Sc Nursing Students, Father Muller College of Nursing, Mangaluru,
2Assistant Professor, Department of Community Heath Nursing, Father Muller College of Nursing, Mangaluru,
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 8,
Issue - 1,
Year - 2018
ABSTRACT:
Background: Attitudes toward the elderly have been affected by large societal changes that have happened over the past 100 years. Researchers believe Industrialization and modernization have contributed greatly to lowering the power, influence and prestige the elderly once held. Evaluating attitudes on aging in middle aged adults who live with elderly family members and analyzing the conditions that affect life with these elderly people and can lead to differences in attitudes toward elders and are also important in learning how middle aged adults view aging. Such research can generate results that could support an intervention plan to promote intergenerational solidarity in the family environment. Objectives: 1. To assess the attitude of the middle aged adults towards the elderly population; 2. To find the association of attitude of adults with selected demographic variables. Methods: A quantitative approach with cross sectional descriptive study design was used for the present study. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the subjects and the sample size was 100. Tool used to collect the data was baseline proforma and attitude scale towards elderly population to assess the attitude. Results: The result of the study findings show that 76(76%) of the middle aged adults showed favourable attitude towards elderly population whereas 24(24%) had neutral attitude. There was a significant association between gender and the the attitude of middle aged adults towards elderly population. (p=0.049< 0.05 level of significance). Conclusion: The study revealed that most of the middle aged adults showed positive attitude towards elderly people and the males in the study had greater positive attitude when compared to females.
Cite this article:
Sonia Karen, Liz Sequera. Attitude of the middle aged adults towards Elderly population at selected setting, Mangaluru. Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2018; 8(1): 163-166. doi: 10.5958/2349-2996.2018.00034.4
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Sonia Karen, Liz Sequera. Attitude of the middle aged adults towards Elderly population at selected setting, Mangaluru. Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2018; 8(1): 163-166. doi: 10.5958/2349-2996.2018.00034.4 Available on: https://ajner.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2018-8-1-34