ปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับพฤติกรรมการดูแลสุขภาพของผู้ป่วยโรคความดันโลหิตสูง ในชมรมผู้สูงอายุตำบลบางนกแขวก อำเภอบางคนที จังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม

Abstract

This descriptive research aimed to study predisposing factors, enabling factors, and reinforcing factors associated with health care behavior of hypertensive patients in the elderly club in bang nok khwaek sub-district, Bang Khonthi, Samut Songkhram. Population was 597 elderly people and the sample size calculating used Yamane Taro formula for 262 cases. Data were collected by questionnaires composed of 6 parts; personal characteristics, knowledge, attitude, enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and health care behavior of hypertensive patients. Try out testing reliability by Cronbach’s coefficient alpha was 0.91, and statistic analyzed used Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The result showed that knowledge had mean score with high level 66.00% ( = 2.59, S.D. = 0.61). Attitude had mean score with high level 90.67% 52.30 ( = 2.52, S.D. = 0.50). Enabling factors had mean score with medium level 83.60% ( = 2.62, S.D. = 0.31). Reinforcing factors had mean score with high level 76.00% ( = 2.52, S.D. = 0.24). Health care behavior of hypertensive patients with medium level 63.70 ( = 1.97, S.D. = 0.31). Association analyzed found that predisposing factors both knowledge, attitude and Reinforcing factors were positively associated with Health care behavior of hypertensive patients with significance at 0.05 (r = 0.18, p-value <0.001, r = 0.12, p-value = 0.05 and r = 0.25, p-value <0.001 respectively). Suggestions from research Hospitals and personnel should develop a model to promote various activities in health care for hypertensive patients. By providing projects or activities suitable for families and the environment for the elderly to be alert and aware of behavioral changes in self-care