The relationships between perception, attitudes, and expectations of monks on the use of emergency service systems in Chiang Mai Province
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Background: Emergency illness is a major public health problem because these problems will lead to an inappropriate use of emergency medical services among monks.
Objectives: To study the perception, attitudes, and expectations regarding the use of emergency medical service system in Chiang Mai, and to find the relationship between the perceptions, attitudes and expectations on emergency medical care.
Methods: This research was a descriptive study. The sample consisted of 292 monks in Mueang District, Chiang Mai Province and selected by multi-stage random sampling. Data were collected by using 4 parts questionnaire. The first part asked about demographic data and the other three parts of questionnaires regarding the three variables had reliability coefficients of .84, .81 and .92 respectively Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and data were analyzed to find relationships using Pearson's Correlation Coefficient.
Results: The results of the research showed that most of the monks were the members of of the temple (86.6% of the total) 79.50% of which did not have any diseases. When they experienced an emergency illness in the temple, most of them had been to hospitals / clinics, 76.70%, which 37.60% used temple vehicles. The perception on the use of emergency medical services system of the monks was at a medium level (M= 2.25, SD = 0.23). The attitude towards the emergency medical service system was at a moderate level (M=2.17, SD =0.24). Lastly, the expectation of the emergency medical service system is at a high level (M=2.64, SD =0.34). The results of the relationship analysis showed that perceptions and attitudes correlated with expectations with statistical significance (p <.001).
Conclusions: This study thus contributes to the idea that there should be programs to promote knowledge and capabilities and develop health care capabilities in emergencies of the monks to provide knowledge on emergency medical services.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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