Hospital nurses’ knowledge regarding older patients: a multicenter study

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Table 3 Knowledge in relation with opinions and preferences

	Which target group would you prefer to work with?
	0-18 (n = 164)	19-69(n = 1294)	70 + (n = 209)
What do you think of an increase in the number of older people? (Scale 1-10)^a(n = 1606)	Mean 5.70*** (SD 2.40) n = 155	Mean 5.65*** (SD 2.32) n = 1254	Mean 4.82*** (SD 2.77) n = 197
Do you find it difficult to take care for older patients? (Scale 1-10)^b(n = 1646)	Mean 3.65* (SD 2.12) n = 162	Mean 3.65** (SD 1.98) n = 1282	Mean 2.70 (SD 2.05) n = 209
KOP-Q score	24.95** (SD 2.50) n = 164	25.10*** (SD 2.35) n = 1294	25.59*** (SD 2.34) n = 209

* = correlation 0.10 significant, ** = correlation 0.05 significant, *** = correlation 0.01 significant. ^aNurses were asked how they feel about the increase of older patients in the hospital (indicated on a scale from 1 (no problem et al) to 10 (a big problem)). ^bNurses were asked whether they find it difficult to care for older patients (indicated on a scale from 0 (very easy) to 10 (very difficult))

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