Assessment of the attitudes toward aging among children who live with the elderly

Oliveira, Nathalia Alves de; Luchesi, Bruna Moretti; Inouye, Keika; Barham, Elizabeth Joan; Pavarini, Sofia Cristina Iost

doi:10.1590/1982-0194201500015

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Original Articles • Acta Paul Enferm. 28 (1) • Jan-Feb 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0194201500015 copy

Assessment of the attitudes toward aging among children who live with the elderly

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Objective

To evaluate the attitude of children who live with seniors with non-transmissible chronic diseases toward aging and the related sociodemographic variables.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 48 children aged seven to ten years. We used the following instruments: sociodemographic questionnaire and attitude scale for children in relation to aging. This instrument includes four domains and evaluates the attitude toward aging on a scale ranging from 1 (more positive attitude) to 3 (more negative attitude).

Results

Mean score was 1.79±0.19. Between domains, the domain showing the lowest mean value was the Persona domain (1.70±0.33). The highest value was seen in the Agency domain (1.84±0.40). Variables that showed a relation (p<0.05) with attitudes were family income, degree of kinship and time of contact daily with senior and the type of non-transmissible chronic disease of the elderly.

Conclusion

Children had more positive than negative attitudes toward aging.

Child; Attitude; Primary care nursing; Aged; Geriatric nursing

Variable	Mean Scale	p-value	Cognition p-value	Agency p-value	Persona p-value	Social relationship p-value
Gender		0.39	0.36	0.08	0.19	0.31
Male	1.81
Female	1.79
Age		0.87	0.52	0.42	0.11	0.05*
7 years old	1.80
8 years old	1.81
9 years old	1.79
10 years old	1.73
Year at school		0.95	0.52	0.92	0.21	0.10
1st and 2nd yea	1.80
3rd year	1.81
4th year	1.80
5th year	1.73
Nº persons at home		0.12	0.13	0.14	0.03*	0.13
2 to 3	1.81
4 to 5	1.81
6 to 7	1.79
8 to 9	1.68
10 to 11	1.75
Family income		0.79	0.20	0.12	0.44	0,03*
Up to 1 min wage	1.81
1 to 3 min wage	1.82
>3 min wage	1.76
Religion		0.25	0.46	0.3	0.19	0.30
Catholic	1.81
Protestant	1.73
Spiritist	1.93
None/Non-specified	1.93
Ethnic		0.09	0.17	0.96	0.38	0.43
White	1.83
Black	1.68
Parda	1.78
Private health insurance		0.24	0.42	0.45	0.41	0.15
Yes	1.76
No	1.80

Variable	Mean Scale	p-value	Cognition p-value	Agency p-value	Persona p-value	Social relationship p-value
Elderly gender		0.15	0.24	0.30	0.02*	0.16
Male	1.67
Female	1.85
Both	1.74
Degree of family relationship with elder		0.44	0.02*	0.49	0.37	0.24
Grandchild	1.79
Great-grandchild	1.80
Length of time living with the elder		0.22	0.34	0.42	0.26	0.08
< 5 years	1.75
≥ 5 years	1.80
Total time of daily regular contact		0.01*	0.13	0.34	0.08	0.10
< 5 years	1.70
≥ 5 years	1.83
Age of the elderly relative living at child’s home		0.04*	0.51	0.49	0.02*	0.17
60-64 years old	1.79
65-69 years old	1.75
70-74 years old	1.95
75-79 years old	1.72
80 or more years old	1.93
Time of chronic disease of elderly relative		0.26	0.34	0.63	0.31	0.51
< 1 year	1.73
5 - 10 years	1.82
Amount of chronic diseases		0.18	0.20	0.51	0.54	0.09
1	1.77
2	1.78
3 or more	1.87

	Scale	Cognition	Agency	Persona	Social relationship
Mann-Whitney U test	266	198.5	252	219	279
p-value	0.34	0.03*	0.23	0.07	0.44

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[1] Corresponding author: Nathalia Alves de Oliveira. Washington Luís highway, Km 235, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. Zip Code: 13565-905. nathaliaalves.oliveira@gmail.com