The Effect of Participation and Perceived Self-efficacy Program on Health Behaviors and Hypertension of Pre-hypertension Group in Suan Miang Health Promoting Hospital

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to examine the effect of participation and perceive self-efficacy program on health behaviors and hypertension among pre-hypertension group in suan miang health promotion hospital, Chat Trakan District, Phitsanulok province. A purposive sampling was conducted that divided to experiment and control groups of 35 people each. The experiment group was applied with the participation and self-efficacy theory. For the control group was received the regular service. The data was collected from questionnaires before the experiment, during the experiment (7^th week) and after the experiment (12^th week). The descriptive statistical was analyzed and comparison of different data with Two – way repeated measures ANOVA, Bonferroni and t-test. 

                The results found that data from during and after the experiment of experiment group showed the means of self-efficacy levels and health behavior scores were higher than the control group with statistically significant at the p-value of 0.001. The research concluded that the participation and perceive self-efficacy program could promote the health behaviors and decrease of the hypertension. Therefore, health personnel should to integrate this program for suitable treatment the pre-hypertension group in order to control the health behaviors and hypertension.