Awareness and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Older Adults in Indonesia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Measures
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | N (%) |
---|---|
Demographic information | |
Sex | |
Female | 1073 (83.3%) |
Male | 215 (16.7%) |
Year of study | |
Year 3–4 | 629 (48.8%) |
Year 5–6 | 659 (51.2%) |
Stage of study | |
Preclinical | 681 (52.9%) |
Clinical | 607 (47.1%) |
Age, year | |
≤20 | 349 (27.1%) |
>21 | 939 (72.9%) |
Type of university | |
Public University | 831 (64.5%) |
Private University | 457 (35.5%) |
Area of university | |
Java | 648 (50.3%) |
Non-Java | 640 (49.7%) |
Connection with older adults | |
Have grandparents who are currently alive | |
Yes | 936 (72.7%) |
No | 352 (27.3%) |
Have a close relationship with grandparents | |
Yes | 924 (71.7%) |
No | 97 (7.5%) |
No, because my grandmother and grandfather passed away | 267 (20.7%) |
Have a connection with any other older adults | |
Yes | 747 (58%) |
No | 541 (42%) |
Awareness | |
Do you realize the importance of geriatrics in dentistry? | |
Yes | 1264 (98.1%) |
No | 24 (1.9%) |
Attitude | |
Positive | 1119 (86.9%) |
Neutral | 62 (4.8%) |
Negative | 107 (8.3%) |
Statements | Agreement | Neutral | Disagreement |
---|---|---|---|
Most old people are pleasant to be with. | 46.0 | 51.2 | 2.8 |
It is society’s responsibility to provide care for its elderly persons. | 87.5 | 10.5 | 2.0 |
Old people in general do not contribute much to society. | 11.4 | 35.2 | 53.4 |
In general, old people act too slowly for modern society. | 24.3 | 43.4 | 32.3 |
It is interesting listening to old people’s accounts of their past experiences. | 82.8 | 14.2 | 3.0 |
The government should prioritize allocating money other than to geriatrics. | 84.5 | 13.4 | 2.1 |
Medical care for old people uses up too many human and material resources. | 15.6 | 43.2 | 41.2 |
Old people do not contribute their fair share towards paying for their health care. | 5.1 | 32.3 | 62.6 |
If I have the choice, I would rather see younger patients than elderly ones. | 21.8 | 57.0 | 21.2 |
As people grow older, they become less organized and more confused. | 74.5 | 19.3 | 6.2 |
Elderly patients tend to be more appreciative of the medical care I provide than younger patients. | 52.7 | 38.8 | 8.5 |
Taking a medical history from elderly patients is frequently an ordeal. | 14.9 | 46.0 | 39.1 |
I tend to pay more attention and have more sympathy towards my elderly patients than my younger patients. | 64.6 | 29.5 | 5.9 |
Treatment of chronically ill old patients is hopeless. | 3.0 | 11.8 | 85.2 |
Variable | Awareness | p-Value |
---|---|---|
Demographic information | ||
Sex | 0.027 * | |
Female | 1057 (98.5%) | |
Male | 207 (96.3%) | |
Year of study | 0.478 | |
Year 3–4 | 619 (98.4%) | |
Year 5–6 | 645 (97.9%) | |
Stage of study | 0.366 | |
Preclinical | 671 (98.5%) | |
Clinical | 593 (97.7%) | |
Age, year | 0.816 | |
≤20 | 343 (98.3%) | |
>21 | 921 (98.1%) | |
Type of university | 0.514 | |
Public University | 814 (98%) | |
Private University | 450 (98.5%) | |
Area of university | 0.703 | |
Java | 635 (98%) | |
Non-Java | 629 (98.3%) | |
Connection with older adults | ||
Have grandparents who are currently alive | 0.040 * | |
Yes | 923 (98.6%) | |
No | 341 (96.9%) | |
Have a close relationship with grandparents | 0.810 | |
Yes | 906 (98.1%) | |
No | 96 (99%) | |
Have a connection with any other older adults | 0.652 | |
Yes | 732 (98%) | |
No | 532 (98.3%) |
Variable | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Female | 2.553 | 1.079–6.044 | 0.033 |
Male * | |||
Constant | 25.875 | <0.001 |
Variable | Positive Attitude n (%) | p-Value |
---|---|---|
Demographic information | ||
Sex | 0.047 * | |
Female | 941 (87.7%) | |
Male | 178 (82.8%) | |
Year of study | 0.055 | |
Year 3–4 | 537 (85.4%) | |
Year 5–6 | 582 (88.3%) | |
Stage of study | 0.154 | |
Preclinical | 584 (85.8%) | |
Clinical | 535 (88.1%) | |
Age, year | 0.170 | |
≤20 | 300 (86%) | |
>21 | 819 (87.2%) | |
Type of university | 0.262 | |
Public University | 728 (87.6%) | |
Private University | 391 (85.6%) | |
Area of university | 0.087 | |
Java | 572 (88.3%) | |
Non-Java | 547 (85.5%) | |
Connection with older adults | ||
Have grandparents who are currently alive | 0.992 | |
Yes | 813 (86.9%) | |
No | 306 (86.9%) | |
Have a close relationship with grandparents | 0.043 * | |
Yes | 815 (88.2%) | |
No | 77 (79.4%) | |
Have a connection with any other older adults | 0.001 * | |
Yes | 675 (90.4%) | |
No | 444 (82.1%) | |
Awareness | ||
Do you realize the importance of geriatrics in dentistry? | 0.567 | |
Yes | 1098 (86.9%) | |
No | 21 (87.5%) |
Variable | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Female | 1.539 | 1.029–2.301 | 0.036 |
Male * | |||
Have a connection with any other older adults | |||
Yes | 2.076 | 1.495–2.884 | <0.001 |
No * | |||
Constant | 3.203 | <0.001 |
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Rahardjo, A.; Firdaus, F.H.S.; Andreas, P.; Wimardhani, Y.S.; Maharani, D.A. Awareness and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Older Adults in Indonesia. Dent. J. 2022, 10, 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10100183
Rahardjo A, Firdaus FHS, Andreas P, Wimardhani YS, Maharani DA. Awareness and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Older Adults in Indonesia. Dentistry Journal. 2022; 10(10):183. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10100183
Chicago/Turabian StyleRahardjo, Anton, Fakhira Hanna Safira Firdaus, Peter Andreas, Yuniardini Septorini Wimardhani, and Diah Ayu Maharani. 2022. "Awareness and Attitudes of Dental Students toward Older Adults in Indonesia" Dentistry Journal 10, no. 10: 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10100183