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Published on 4 de agosto de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.07.3094
Geriatrics-gerontology training and negative stereotypes towards older adults among physiotherapy students in Chile: A cross-sectional study
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Distribution of responses and descriptive statistics for each item in the CENVE questionnaire.
| Most people, when they reach (approximately) 65 years of age, begin to experience considerable memory loss. | 2.729 | 0.62 | 2.08% | 30.21% | 60.42% | 7.29% |
| Older people have less interest in sex. | 2.625 | 0.62 | 3.12% | 35.42% | 57.29% | 4.17% |
| Older people are easily irritated and are “grumpy.” | 2.864 | 0.67 | 1.04% | 27.08% | 56.25% | 15.62% |
| Most people over 65 have some mental illness serious enough to impair their normal abilities. | 2.260 | 0.65 | 10.42% | 54.17% | 34.38% | 1.04% |
| Older people have fewer friends than younger people. | 2.447 | 0.75 | 9.38% | 42.71% | 41.67% | 6.25% |
| As people age, they often become more rigid and inflexible. | 2.989 | 0.70 | 3.12% | 15.62% | 60.42% | 20.83% |
| Most adults maintain an acceptable level of health until (approximately) age 65, but after that, there is a sharp decline in health. | 2.572 | 0.58 | -- | 46.88% | 48.96% | 4.17% |
| As people age, they often lose interest in certain things. | 2.427 | 0.64 | 3.12% | 56.25% | 35.42% | 5.21% |
| Older people are often like children. | 2.604 | 0.81 | 10.42% | 29.17% | 50.00% | 10.42% |
| Most people over the age of 65 have several disabilities that make them dependent on others. | 2.593 | 0.69 | 5.21% | 36.46% | 52.08% | 6.25% |
| As people age, they often lose the ability to solve the problems they face. | 2.541 | 0.72 | 6.25% | 40.62% | 45.83% | 7.29% |
| People’s flaws become more pronounced with age. | 2.531 | 0.68 | 4.17% | 44.79% | 44.79% | 6.25% |
| Cognitive decline (memory loss, disorientation, confusion, etc.) is an inevitable part of aging. | 2.729 | 0.83 | 6.25% | 32.29% | 43.75% | 17.71% |
| Almost no one over the age of 65 performs as well as someone younger would. | 2.187 | 0.73 | 13.54% | 59.38% | 21.88% | 5.21% |
| A large proportion of people over the age of 65 are “senile.” | 2.666 | 0.69 | 5.21% | 30.21% | 57.29% | 7.29% |
CENVE, Questionnaire on Negative Stereotypes toward Old Age.SD, standard deviation.
Notes: Sample of 96 kinesiology students.
Source: Prepared by the authors based on data from the study.