Knowledge and Attitude Regarding the Care of the Elderly with Hearing Loss among Nurses

ABSTRACT

Background@#The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude regarding the care of the elderly with hearing loss among nurses. @*Methods@#This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design. Participants were 228 nurses who have experienced in caring the elderly with hearing loss. Data were collected from February 21 to March 21, 2022 using self-report questionnaires including 30 items of knowledge regarding the care of the elderly with hearing loss and 20 items of attitude regarding the care of the elderly with hearing loss. The data were analyzed by using the SPSS version 23.0 program (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY, USA). @*Results@#The subjects’ average age was 33.35±7.79, and the average clinical career was 10.29±7.83. Nurses’ knowledge regarding the care of the elderly with hearing loss was the average score 62.9 out of 100.0. Nurses’ attitude regarding the care of the elderly with hearing loss was the average score of 85.4 out of 100.0. The relationship between nurses´ knowledge and attitude regarding the care of the elderly with hearing loss was statistically significant (r=0.17; P=0.008). @*Conclusions@#The findings of this study show that the nurses have a positive nursing attitude regarding the care of the elderly with hearing loss. It is suggested to develop an educational/training program that can help the nurses accumulate experience and improve their knowledge on the elderly with hearing loss.