Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2022, 5(2):31-43 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2022.011

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE PERCEPTION OF DIGNITY AMONG HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS
 

Renáta Váverková1, Helena Kisvetrová1, Jana Bermellová1,2
1 Science and Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacký University Olomouc
2 Second Department of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterologic and Geriatric, University Hospital Olomouc

Background: Given the ageing of the population, it is important to examine the perception of dignity and the factors that may influence it among older adults.

Aim: To  determine how the perception of dignity and the factors that influence it differ in hospitalized older adult men and  women.

Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was used with a battery of the following questionnaires in their Czech versions: Patient Dignity Questionnaire (PDI-CZ), Geriatric Depression Scale, Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire, Barthel's Index and Mini-Mental State
Examination.

Results and discussion: 294 hospitalized older adults participated in the study. In the overall assessment of dignity, men and women did not differ. Differences were confirmed in two PDI-CZ items which were more often perceived as a problem by men, namely: Feeling that I do not
have control over my life (p = 0.019) and Feeling that I am not being treated with respect and understanding by others (p = 0.048). It was also shown that the men with higher depression (ß = 2.337, p < 0.0001), a more negative attitude to ageing (ß = -0.481, p = 0.002) and those who did
not live alone (ß = 8.379,  p = 0.008) had a worse perception of dignity. In women, a lower perception of dignity was associated only with higher depression (ß = 1.99, p < 0.0001) and lower age (ß = -0.311, p = 0.012).

Conclusion: The results showed that the only common factor influencing the perception of dignity in
both men and women was the level of  depression.

Keywords: dignity; older adult; hospitalization; gender; depression; attitude to ageing, self- sufficiency

Received: February 14, 2022; Revised: April 10, 2022; Accepted: April 24, 2022; Published: December 9, 2022  Show citation

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