Table 4.
The comparison of the domain scores and total students’ attitudes toward the elderly before and after the study in the experimental and control groups
| Time | Students' attitude toward the elderly | Pre-test | Post-test | Paired t-test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||
| The experimental group | Prejudice to the elderly | 56.6 | 6.2 | 78.5 | 5.7 | p = 0.001 |
| Appreciation of the elderly | 58.6 | 6.3 | 78.8 | 6.9 | p = 0.001 | |
| The total knowledge | 114.69 | 8.4 | 157.31 | 10.7 | p = 0.0001 | |
| The control group | Prejudice to the elderly | 56.3 | 7.1 | 52.6 | 10.1 | p = 0.06 |
| Appreciation of the elderly | 56.9 | 10.9 | 52.9 | 8.4 | p = 0.1 | |
| The total knowledge | 113.34 | 13.6 | 108.5 | 16.6 | p = 0.3 | |