A Study of the
Association among Health Belief, Social Support and Self-care
Behaviors of the Elderly in Bang-muang Sub-district, Mueang District, Nakon Sawan Province
received : 18/5/2561 Nissporn Thomrongwattanakulrevised : 23/10/2562 Pattaraporn Ridthep |
Abstract
The
objectives of this research were: 1) to study the levels of health belief,
social support and self-care behaviors of the elderly, 2) to study the association
among health belief, social support and self-care behaviors of the elderly in
Bang Muang Sub-district, Mueang District, Nakhon Sawan province. This
study used quantitative research methods. The subjects used in the study were 280
of the elderly from Bang Muang Sub-district, Mueang District, Nakhon Sawan province,
and were drawn using systematic sampling. The instrument
used for data collection was a questionnaire, collecting data from December
2017 to January 2018. The data obtained were analyzed
using descriptive statistics, namely percentage and inferential statistics to examine
the relationship between independent variables and dependent variables followed
by chi-square tests.The study
found that 1) 72.5%, 24.6 %, and 2.9% of the elderly had high, moderate, and
low levels of health belief respectively, 2) most of the elderly (53.2%) had a
high level of social support while 26.4% and 20.4% of those were at moderate
and low levels respectively, 3) 37.9% of the elderly had a moderate level of self-care behaviors, followed
by 31.4% and 30.7% of those who had a high and low levels of self-care behaviors
respectively, and 4) the results indicated that health belief and social support was associated
with self-care behaviors among the elderly at significant level 0.05 (p-value
< 0.001).
Keywords: health belief,social support,self-care
behaviors,the elderly
Public Health Technical Officer, Bang
Muang of Tambon Health Promoting Hospital Nakhon Sawan Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nakhon Sawan Province,
E-mail: patchameen0503@gmail.com
Public Health Technical Officer, Bang
Muang of Tambon Health Promoting Hospital Nakhon Sawan Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nakhon Sawan Province,
E-mail: pat_pron@yahoo.com
Public Health Technical Officer, Tha Thong of Tambon Health
Promoting Hospital Nakhon Sawan Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nakhon Sawan Province,
E-mail: kwanriemn@hotmail.com