Actitudes hacia el envejecimiento por parte de los estudiantes de Fonoaudiología de una Universidad Chilena

ABSTRACT Purpose Describe the attitudes towards ageing of senior undergraduate Speech-language Pathology students in a Chilean University. Methods This is a cross-sectional study in which the validated Spanish version of the Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Old People Scale (KAOP) was applied to 43 students in the aforementioned course. The average scores were compared for the variables gender and interaction with the elderly. Results A trend towards a positive attitude was observed. No differences were found for the variables described. An analysis was carried out with the items in which trends ...