PMID- 15609846
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050405
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0269-2155 (Print)
IS  - 0269-2155 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 8
DP  - 2004 Dec
TI  - Health professional student attitudes towards people with disability.
PG  - 908-15
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate health professional student attitudes toward people 
      with disability. It was hypothesized that attitude and comfort would differ by 
      discipline. Further, it was hypothesized that factors such as gender and 
      background in disability would influence these attitudes and their ease in 
      dealing with difficult encounters in rehabilitation. DESIGN: A cross-sectional 
      survey design. SETTING: University of South Dakota (USD) PARTICIPANTS: Three 
      hundred and thirty-eight students were surveyed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (a) 
      Attitude Toward Disabled Persons (ATDP) scale; (b) Scale of Attitudes Toward 
      Disabled Persons (SADP); (c) Rehabilitation Situations Inventory (RSI). RESULTS: 
      There were differences among student groups on the attitude scales and factor 
      scores. All students' attitudes were less positive than SADP norms and nursing 
      students held the least positive opinions. There were no attitudinal differences 
      by gender. Those with a background in disability held more positive attitudes. 
      Years of experience and hours per week employed predicted comfort with 
      challenging rehabilitation situations. Inconsiderate treatment by staff, 
      inappropriate sexual overtures and aggressive behaviour by patients were stated 
      to be most challenging. CONCLUSION: Health professional students hold less 
      positive attitudes than SADP norms. Nursing undergraduate students were at 
      greater risk of holding negative attitudes. Work experience was important for 
      comfort with challenging rehabilitation situations. Specific educational 
      experiences are needed to promote more positive attitudes.
FAU - Tervo, Raymond C
AU  - Tervo RC
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. 
      rtervo@gillettechildrens.com
FAU - Palmer, Glen
AU  - Palmer G
FAU - Redinius, Pat
AU  - Redinius P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Clin Rehabil
JT  - Clinical rehabilitation
JID - 8802181
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Disabled Persons/*psychology
MH  - Employment
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - South Dakota
MH  - Students, Health Occupations/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OID - KIE: 126560
OID - NRCBL: VF 7.2
OTO - KIE
OT  - Bioethics and Professional Ethics
OT  - Empirical Approach
OT  - Professional Patient Relationship
GN  - KIE: 25 refs.
GN  - KIE: KIE Bib: professional ethics/education; professional patient relationship
EDAT- 2004/12/22 09:00
MHDA- 2005/04/06 09:00
CRDT- 2004/12/22 09:00
PHST- 2004/12/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/04/06 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/12/22 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1191/0269215504cr820oa [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Clin Rehabil. 2004 Dec;18(8):908-15. doi: 10.1191/0269215504cr820oa.