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| General practitioners' knowledge of ageing and attitudes towards older people in China | | Author(s) | Yanni Yang, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Shahid Ullah, Lanlan Deng |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 34, no 2, June 2015 |
| Publisher | Wiley, June 2015 |
| Pages | pp 82-87 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | General practitioners ; Ageing process ; Attitude ; Competence ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; China. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to explore general practitioners' (GPs) knowledge of ageing, attitudes towards older people and factors affecting their knowledge and attitudes in a Chinese context. 400 GPs were surveyed using the Chinese version of the Aging Semantic Differential (CASD) and the Chinese version of the Facts on Aging Quiz (CFAQ1) scale. The CASD scores indicated that GPs had a neutral attitude towards older people. The CFAQ1 scores indicated a low level of knowledge about ageing. GPs' awareness of the mental and social facts of ageing was poorer compared to that of physical facts. Male GPs had a significantly higher negative bias score than female GPs. No other variables had a statistically significant influence on knowledge and attitudes. These findings suggest the need for education interventions for GPs regarding knowledge of ageing and also provide evidence to guide future development of continuing medical programmes for this group of medical doctors. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626245 A |
| Classmark | QT6: BG: DP: DPB: TOB: 7DC |
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