Gulperi Hakli
Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Home Economics, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Funda Pinar Cakiroglu
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to identify the nurse and care givers attitudes towards the nutrition of the elderly. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out in the geriatric care centers (nursing homes, hospitals) in Ankara, Turkey. It was conducted on 100 nursing staff (71 care givers, 29 nurses) working in geriatric care centers and agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected via a survey and SANN-G scale (Staff Attitudes to Nutritional Nursing Care Geriatric Scale) was used in order to identify the nursing staffs attitudes towards the nutrition of the elderly (Cronbachs alpha: 0.74). It was concluded that the nursing staff's total scores and dimension scores were below the cut-off scores for positive attitudes. That is, the nursing staff had insufficient knowledge about the nutrition of the elderly. The attitude scores were found to increase as the nursing staffs educational level and work experience increased while the staff working in hospitals received higher scores than those working in other institutions. At the end of the study, it was determined that the nursing staff had insufficient knowledge about the nutrition of the elderly. It is suggested that nursing staff should have special education on the elderly nutrition and continuity of this education should be provided.
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Gulperi Hakli and Funda Pinar Cakiroglu, 2013. Nursing Staffs Attitudes on
the Elderly Nutrition in Ankara (Turkey). Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 12: 660-664.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2013.660.664
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2013.660.664
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2013.660.664
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2013.660.664
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