KIẾN THỨC VÀ THÁI ĐỘ CỦA NHÂN VIÊN Y TẾ ĐỐI VỚI SA SÚT TRÍ TUỆ TẠI BỆNH VIỆN LÃO KHOA TRUNG ƯƠNG NĂM 2019

Abstract

Dementia is one of the common geriatric syndromes. Every 20 years, the number of people with dementia doubled, from 42.3 million to 81.1 million. The healthcare professionals' knowledge and attitudes about dementia are important. Thus, this study aims to assess current knowledge and attitudes about dementia among healthcare professionals at National Geriatric Hospital. The cross-sectional study was conducted from April to December 2019 at National Geriatric Hospital (NGH). Doctors and nurses worked at NGH with full time employment and agreed participating in the study. Two validated tools using for interview were the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) and the Dementia Attitudes Scale (DAS). Other variables consisted of age, gender, living area, educational, working with dementia patients, attending any dementia training course. Of total 142 participants, there were 130 nurses (91.5%) and 12 doctors (9.5%). Age ranged mainly from 20 to 39 years old, the percentage of young healthcare professionals from 20-29 years was 55.3%. The prevalence of good knowledge and very good attitudes toward dementia was 97.2% and 29.9%, respectively. It is necessary to improve the healthcare professionals' knowledge of dementia and the attitudes of healthcare professionals. Further study should be conduct to explore quantitative approach.