期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2020
卷号：27
期号：1
页码：134-138
DOI：10.26444/aaem/110770
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Medical care in geriatrics has its own specificity, and in order to build a successful doctor-patient relationshipit is important while studying medicine to learn some functioning aspects of this age group.Objective. The aim of this study is to explore and describe the role of emotional intelligence in the attitudes of medicalstudents towards elderly patients, taking into account their the place of residence. The place of residence has an impacton social relations and socialization, which could effect with disparities in behaviour towards elderly patients.Materials and method. Medical University of Lublin students from rural (N=71; M=23.44 SD=1.80) and urban (N=87;M=23.34; SD=1.38) areas took part in the study. Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (INTE) and Attitude Towards ElderlyPatients Questionnaire (ATEP) were used.Results. There are statistically significant differences between medical students from rural and urban areas in their attitudetowards elderly patients (p=0.001), but no differences were observed between rural and urban residents in terms of emotionalintelligence (general result, action factor and cognitive factor). Positive correlations were observed between action factor(r=0.322), cognitive factor (r=0.311) and general INTE result (r=0.358) and attitude towards elderly patients in the group ofmedical students from rural area.Conclusions. Medical students from rural areas are characterized by a more positive attitude towards elderly patients thanmedical students from urban areas. The predictors of attitudes towards elderly patients are the cognitive factor of emotionalintelligence and the place of residence of medical students. The results give the opportunity to design a well-developedprogramme of a geriatric course which could be matched to the personal predispositions of students.
关键词：emotional intelligence; geriatrics; medical simulation; place of residence; attitude towards elderly patients
