Actitud hacia el adulto mayor en estudiantes del pregrado de la Facultad de odontología Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago / Attitude towards the elderly in the undegraduates of the faculty of Dentistry, University San Sebastián, Santiago
Se aplicó la escala de actitudes hacia el adulto mayor de Kogan (KAOP), validada en español, en 158 alumnos de tres cohortes distintas de la carrera.
Resultados:
Los estudiantes que formaron parte de este estudio reportaron tener en promedio, una actitud negativa hacia el adulto mayor (valor KAOP 131,73). No hay diferencias estadísticamente significativas por género ni por año académico en los datos observados.
Conclusiones:
La actitud hacia el adulto mayor observada entre los estudiantes de Odontología de la Universidad San Sebastián, sede Santiago, es negativa, sin encontrarse diferencias por género ni por nivel. Se requieren más estudios en el tema, para dilucidar las posibles causas.
Gerontology is the study of aging in the psychological, sociological and economic fields. From the sphere of sociology, the term ageism was conceived, and it refers to the process of systematic stereotyping and discriminating people just because they are old. Several demographic projections indicate a steady growth of the older adultpopulation, and old age is thus of great importance.
Kogan attitudes scale (KAOP) validated in Spanish was applied to 158 students from three different cohorts of the school.
Results:
Dentistrystudentswho took part in this study reported having, on average, a negative attitude toward the elderly (KAOP value of 131.73). There were no statistically significant differences by gender or academic year of the students in the observed data.
Conclusions:
The attitude toward the elderly observed among Dentistrystudents of San Sebastian University in Santiago, are negative, without differences by gender or academic level. Further studies are needed, to elucidate its possible causes.