Living Legends: Students' Responses to an Intergenerational Life Review Writing Program
Living Legends: Students' Responses to an Intergenerational Life Review Writing Program
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DOI：
10.1111/jgs.13236
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Boltz, Marie
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作者：
Chippendale, Tracy;Boltz, Marie
这项研究的目的是研究参与生活传奇计划对健康科学学生的老年人形象和与老年人一起工作的兴趣的影响。采用了多中心准实验对照组设计，并使用了连接的定性成分。项目地点包括三个自然退休社区（NORC）和一个老年中心。来自两所大学和两所社区学院的健康科学学生（n = 43）和社区居住的老年人（n = 39）参加了该计划。基线调查问卷用于确定人口统计学特征和先前与老年人接触的类型和数量。老化的形象规模和李克特式的问题，以衡量与老年人一起工作的兴趣是主要的结果措施。还收集了对方案经验的书面答复。协方差分析被用来比较从测试前到测试后的老化图像子量表得分的变化。干预组老年人积极形象子量表评分的平均变化为4.6（SD =4.4），对照组为-0.6（SD = 4.8）。组间差异显著（F = 22.0，P <0.001），效应量较大（Cohen's d = 1.07）。干预组的22名学生中有9名在项目结束后对与老年人一起工作更感兴趣。出现的定性主题包括积极和有益的经验，生活经验，超越可见的人，书面文字的力量，和共同的生活。生活传奇是一个有效的计划，以提高老年人在未来的医疗保健专业人员的积极形象，并可能有一些学生在与老年人一起工作的兴趣产生积极的影响。
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of participation in the Living Legends program upon health science students' image of older adults and interest in working with older people. A multisite quasi-experimental control group design with a connected qualitative component was used. Program sites included three Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) and one senior center. Health science students (n = 43) from two universities and two community colleges and community-dwelling seniors (n = 39) participated in the program. A baseline questionnaire was used to ascertain demographic characteristics and prior type and amount of contact with older adults. The Image of Aging Scale and Likert-style questions to measure interest in working with older adults were the primary outcome measures. Written responses to program experiences were also collected. Analysis of covariance was used to compare changes in Image of Aging subscale scores from pre- to posttest. Mean change in positive image of older adults subscale scores was 4.6 (SD =4.4) for the intervention group and -0.6 (SD = 4.8) for the control group. The difference between groups was significant (F = 22.0, P < .001), and the effect size was large (Cohen's d = 1.07). Nine of the 22 students in the intervention group had a greater interest in working with seniors after the program. Qualitative themes that emerged included a positive and beneficial experience, life lessons, seeing the person beyond the visible, power of the written word, and shared lives. Living Legends is an effective program to enhance positive images of older adults in future healthcare professionals and may have a positive impact on some students with regard to interest in working with older adults.