KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TOWARD SEXUALITY IN THE INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Gerontology
- Vol. 12 (5) , 465-475
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0380127860120506
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between the knowledge and attitudes of nursing home caretakers toward elderly sexuality. The relationship of certain sociodemographic and institutional factors to knowledge and attitudes also were examined. The analysis revealed that the more knowledge the providers possessed, the more restrictive their attitudes were toward elderly sexuality. Education, religiosity, position, nursing education, time in current position, and continuing education were variables found to be significantly related to knowledge and/or attitudes.Keywords
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