Ageism and Its Correlates Among Lebanese Healthcare Workers

This study is the first to investigate ageism and its determinants in Lebanese healthcare settings. We diffused an online survey including the Fraboni Scale for Ageism (FSA) and other variables to healthcare workers and trainees at an urban university hospital in Lebanon. We recruited 233 participants (47.2% medical students, 21.5% nurses, 20.6% physicians, and 10.7% nursing students). The FSA mean total score was 58.9 (<i>SD</i>: 10.2), considered to be "low levels" of ageism. There was a positive correlation between age and FSA total score (<i>p</i> = .041). Regression analyses showed that only living or having lived with an older person remained associated with significantly lower ageism scores. Workers in the field of nursing had significantly higher ageist attitudes compared to those in medicine. Promoting intergenerational contact in addition to modifying nursing curricula and providing educational workshops on healthy ageing in the workplace are needed to mitigate ageism among healthcare workers and trainees.