Societal vulnerability in the context of population aging-Perceptions of healthcare students' in Saudi Arabia
Healthcare professionals have an important role in increasing awareness and protecting populations from natural disasters. This study aimed to assess the perception of healthcare students toward societal vulnerability in the context of population aging. This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based...
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| Published in: | Frontiers in public health Vol. 10; p. 955754 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A
27-09-2022
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| Summary: | Healthcare professionals have an important role in increasing awareness and protecting populations from natural disasters. This study aimed to assess the perception of healthcare students toward societal vulnerability in the context of population aging.
This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted among students from two different health colleges over 4 months from February to May 2021. Descriptive analysis was used to assess the perception, and inferential testing was used to assess the various association of knowledge toward societal vulnerability using SPSS.
The majority of respondents were male (69.2%), between 20 and 24 years of age (91.2%), and studying for a nursing degree (76.6%). Only 4.7% had previously completed a previous degree. The mean score of perceptions on the Aging and Disaster Vulnerability Scale among nursing students was 42.5 ± 10.3 (0-65) while for paramedicine 48.1 ± 9.7 (0-65). Similarly, the mean score among male students was 44.1 ±10.5. The mean PADVS total score for the cohort was 43.8 (SD = 10.5). The mean PADVS total score for nursing students was significantly lower than paramedic students (42.5 vs. 48.1;
< 0.001). There was no correlation between PADVS total score and gender, age, area of residence, or previous degree.
Our results indicate that Saudi healthcare students perceive older adults are somewhat vulnerable to disasters with significant differences between nursing and paramedic students. Furthermore, we suggest informing emergency services disaster response planning processes about educational intervention to overcome disasters in Saudi Arabia and other countries. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Edited by: Russell Kabir, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom This article was submitted to Aging and Public Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health Reviewed by: Atta Al-Sarray, Middle Technical University, Iraq; Mondira Bardhan, Khulna University, Bangladesh |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 2296-2565 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.955754 |