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Transition from Nurses to Medicalized Elderly Caregivers: Comparison on Willingness between Traditional and Modern Regions in China

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  • Wenqing Gao

    (Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Shuailong Li

    (Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Zhuoyuan Chi

    (Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China)

  • Fangfang Gong

    (Department of Hospital Group Office, Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group, Shenzhen 518005, China)

  • Wenxi Tang

    (Department of Pharmacoeconomics, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    Center for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China)

Abstract

As China is transitioning to an aging society, the Chinese government has proposed an eldercare pattern, called medicalized elderly care, to help solve the rapid aging and health care problems together. However, the shortage of elderly caregivers is a critical issue, with deficiency both in quantity and quality. This study aims to survey nurses’ willingness to transition into medicalized elderly caregivers and compare it between modern and traditional regions. Nurses working in Guangdong (modern region) and Jilin (traditional region) were investigated using a self-administered questionnaire in October 2021. We analyzed the influencing factors through χ²-test, t -test a and binary logistic regression model and further explored the influence of region using propensity score matching (PSM). A total of 1227 nurses were included, with 726 (59.2%) of them showing willingness to transition. Nurses from traditional regions showed a significantly higher willingness to transition after PSM ( p = 0.027). Other factors influencing nurses’ willingness were age, education, lived with older adults, participated in voluntary activities related to older adults, visited eldercare institutions, attitudes toward older adults, knowledge about older adults, hospice care attitudes and death attitudes. The willingness of nurses to transition was not high enough. To have more willing and skillful human resources for eldercare, we need a more “intimate society for older adults” in the first place.

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  • Wenqing Gao & Shuailong Li & Zhuoyuan Chi & Fangfang Gong & Wenxi Tang, 2022. "Transition from Nurses to Medicalized Elderly Caregivers: Comparison on Willingness between Traditional and Modern Regions in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-12, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:10:p:5950-:d:815195
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