เจตคติที่เบี่ยงเบนต่อความรังเกียจกลัวของผู้สัมผัสผู้ป่วยโรคเรื้อน ในสถานสงเคราะห์ผู้ป่วยโรคเรื้อนพระประแดง พ.ศ. 2550

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The objectives of this research were to study and compare the deviation attitude of the contacts towards fear of leprosy and to identify its contributing factors. Study units were a number of 50 leprosy contacts living in Phra Pradaeng sanatorium who were willing to provide information. Independent invariables were sex, age, education levels, career, marital status and kinship. Dependent variables were the attitude of the contacts towards fear of leprosy. Data was collected by interviewing and analyzed by percentage, average, standard deviation. Hypothesis was verified by using t-test and One - way ANOVA. It was found that leprosy contacts had lowest level of fear of leprosy patient in terms of participation in social activity, selling goods, patient with disability, sharing meal, touching coins or bank notes, sitting nearby, handing objects, handing food with well covered. Leprosy contacts had low level of fear of leprosy patient in terms of selling food, patient with disability and offering food by leprosy patient. Leprosy contacts had highest level of fear of leprosy patient in terms of patients with oozing ulcers. When compare the deviation attitude of the contacts towards fear of leprosy, it was found that the leprosy contacts with different sex, age, income and marital status did not have different deviation attitude towards fear of leprosy; while the leprosy contacts with different education level, career, and kinship had different deviation attitude towards fear of leprosy at significant level .05. Factors contributing to fear of leprosy of leprosy contacts were ulcers especially patients with ulcer and oozing. Factors contributing to un-fear of leprosy were sympathy, bad turns, kinship and get used to. Leprosy contacts were aware of the benefits which the patients were eligible to access which were allowance, free treatment, eligible to receive free daily needed materials, residence The reasons that they live in Phra Pradaeng sanitorium were free residence, security, no other places to live and unemployed.