Multidimensional attitudes of emergency medicine residents toward older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The demands of our rapidly expanding older population strain many emergency departments (EDs), and older patients experience disproportionately high adverse health outcomes. Trainee attitude is key in improving care for older adults. There is negligible knowledge of baseline emergency medicine (EM) resident attitudes regarding elder patients. Awareness of baseline attitudes can serve to better structure training for improved care of older adults. The objective of the study is to identify baseline EM resident attitudes toward older adults using a validated attitude scale and multidimensional analysis.

Methods

Six EM residencies participated in a voluntary anonymous survey delivered in summer and fall 2009. We used factor analysis using the principal components me

SUBMITTER: Hogan TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4100860 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature