Hospital nurses’ knowledge about older patients in Turkey: a validation and comparison study

BMC Nursing

Table 4 Comparison of knowledge in relation with opinions and preferences between Turkish and Dutch nurses

	Turkey (n = 135) n (%), mean ± SD	Netherlands^* (n = 1667) n (%), mean ± SD	Mean diff.	Sig. (95% CI)
Which target group would you prefer to work with?			−0.049	.031 (−.094 – -.004)
0–18	5 (3.7)	164 (9.8)
19–69	128 (94.8)	1294 (77.7)
70+	2 (1.5)	209 (12.5)
What do you think of an increase in the number of older people? (Scale 1–10)^a	5.98 ± 3.11	5.56 ± 2.41	.415	.132 (−.127–.957)
Do you find it difficult to take care for older patients? (Scale 1–10)^b	7.30 ± 2.30	3.54 ± 2.04	3.753	<.000 (3.392–4.115)
Mean KOP-Q score	18.81 ± 2.14	25.14 ± 2.37	−6.326	<.000 (−6.739 – −5.914)

^*Turkish data is compared using independent t-test with Dutch data from Derks at al., 2021 [33]
^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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