TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nursing and Midwifery Students' Attitudes Towards Women with Disabilities in Health Care
TT  - Hemşirelik ve Ebelik Öğrencilerinin Sağlık Bakımında Engelli Kadınlara Karşı Tutumları
AU  - Gürel, Reyyan
AU  - Atilla, Rabia
PY  - 2025
DA  - August
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.53490/egehemsire.1563888
JF  - Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi
JO  - EGEHFD
PB  - Ege Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-3463
SP  - 361
EP  - 370
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Nursing and Midwifery Students' Attitudes Towards Women with Disabilities in Health CareAbstractObjective: This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of nursing and midwifery students towards disabled women and disabled people in health care. Methods: The sample of this descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 435 nursing and midwifery students at a university in Central Anatolia between March 4, 2024 and June 3, 2024. The data were collected using a “Sociodemographic Data Collection Form”, “Attitude Scale for Women with Disabilities (ADWS)” and “Disability Attitudes in Health Care Scale (DAHC)” via face-to-face interview technique. Results: It was determined that 86.2% of the students participating in the study were female, 62.8% were studying in the department of nursing, 5.3% had a disabled person in their first-degree relatives and 32.0% had a disabled person in their distant relatives, 37.7% cared for a disabled patient in their clinical internships, and 72.2% wanted to receive education for the disabled. The mean scores of the total (57.70±9.94) and sub-dimensions of the ADWS and the mean scores of the total (54.95±7.91) and sub-dimensions of the DAHC were above the middle level. It was determined that the mean total scores of the ADWS and DAHC of the female students participating in the study and those studying in the second grade, and the mean total score of the DAHC of those who wanted to receive education for the disabled were high and statistically significant (p
KW  - Attitude
KW  - disabled women
KW  - disability attitude
KW  - health care
N2  - Hemşirelik ve Ebelik Öğrencilerinin Sağlık Bakımında Engelli Kadınlara Karşı TutumlarıÖZAmaç: Bu çalışma, hemşirelik ve ebelik bölümü öğrencilerinin engelli kadınlara ve sağlık bakımında engellilere yönelik tutumlarını belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Bu tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel türdeki çalışmanın örneklemini, 4 Mart 2024 ile 3 Haziran 2024 tarihleri arasında, İç Anadolu bölgesinde yer alan bir üniversitede öğren 435 hemşirelik ve ebelik öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Veriler, “Sosyodemografik Veri Toplama Formu”, “Engelli Kadın Tutum Ölçeği” ve “Sağlık Bakımında Engelli Tutumları Ölçeği’’ kullanılarak yüz yüze görüşme tekniği ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin, %86.2’sinin kadın olduğu, %62.8’i hemşirelik bölümünde okuduğu, %5.3’ünün birinci derece yakınında ve %32.0’ının uzak akrabasında engelli birey olduğu, %37.7’sinin klinik stajlarında engelli bir hastaya bakım verdiği, 72.2’sinin engellilere yönelik eğitim almak istediği belirlendi. Öğrencilerin EKTÖ toplam (57,70±9,94) ve alt boyutları puan ortalamaları ile SBETÖ toplam (54,95±7,91) ve alt boyutları puan ortalamaları orta düzeyin üzerinde bulundu. Araştırmaya katılan kız öğrencilerin ve ikinci sınıfta okuyanların EKTÖ ve SBETÖ toplam puan ortalamaları, engellilere yönelik eğitim almak isteyenlerin SBETÖ toplam puan ortalamalarının yüksek ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu belirlendi (p
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