The Effect of the Disease Prevention Enhancement Program which Applied Protection Motivation Theory on Disease Prevention Behaviors in People at Risk of Diabetes : Case Study

Abstract

          This quasi-experimental research. This study aimed to compare the level of diabetes prevention behaviors of pre and post-diabetes risk groups. Participate in a disease prevention enhancement program applying the motivation theory. between the experimental group and the control group after receiving the program. Selected by using purposive sampling. According to the inclusion criteria, It is a risk group for diabetes in the Pranburi district. Prachuap Khiri Khan Province 70 people were divided into experimental groups and control groups, each group of 35 people. The experimental group will receive a disease prevention program. The duration of the participation was 12 weeks. The control group received the usual care. research tools It consists of a program of motivation combined with empowerment. A questionnaire on the promotion of motivation for diabetes prevention in 5 aspects: perceived severity, perceived risk, expected self-efficacy to prevention behaviors, expected effectiveness of prevention, and behaviors. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Paired t-tests, and Independence t-tests.
         1. The level of diabetes prevention behaviors of the people at risk of diabetes who participated in the disease prevention promotion program applying the motivational theory for disease prevention and those who participated in the current program found that the mean scores of the experimental group were: in the experimental group was higher than the control group
        2. The level of diabetes prevention behaviors of people at risk of diabetes who participated in the disease prevention promotion program applying the motivational theory for prevention before and after joining the program found that the experimental group had higher mean scores than before receiving the program. Statistically significant at p < 0.05
         Based on the results of this study, a combination of motivational and empowerment programs Affects the ability to change health behaviors in the risk group of diabetes.