From: Undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge of and attitudes toward people with alzheimer’s disease
Sample M (SD) | 1styear (n = 42) M (SD) | 2ndyear (n = 44) M (SD) | 3rdyear (n = 72) M (SD) | 4thyear (n = 117) M (SD) | F | P | Post-hoc difference | |
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Life impact (score out of 3) | 2 (0.7) | 2.1 (0.7) | 1.8 (0.7) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.7) | 0.7 | 0.5 | No difference |
Risk factors (score out of 6) | 3.2 (1.1) | 3.5 (1.1) | 3.2 (1) | 3.3 (1.1) | 3 (1.2) | 2.6 | 0.06 | No difference |
Symptoms (score out of 4) | 2.1 (0.8) | 2.1 (0.7) | 2.2 (0.8) | 2.1 (1) | 2 (0.9) | 0.5 | 0.5 | No difference |
Treatment and management (score out of 4) | 2.8 (0.8) | 2.8 (0.8) | 2.7 (0.9) | 2.8 (0.8) | 2.9 (0.9) | 0.6 | 0.5 | No difference |
Assessment and diagnosis (score out of 4) | 2.8 (0.8) | 3 (0.8) | 2.8 (0.7) | 2.6 (0.8) | 2.8 (0.8) | 1.7 | 0.1 | No difference |
Caregiving (score out of 5) | 2.3 (1) | 2.5 (1) | 2.2 (0.8) | 2.4 (1) | 2.2 (1) | 1.8 | 0.1 | No difference |
Course of the disease (score out of 4) | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.6 (0.8) | 2.5 (0.8) | 3 (1) | 3.1 (0.8) | 5 | 0.002a | 4>1,2,3 |
Total ADKS (score out of 30) | 18.3 (2.7) | 18.9 (2.7) | 17.7 (2.6) | 18 (2.8) | 18.1 (2.7) | 1.6 | 0.1 | No difference |