Relationship between health literacy and health behavior of the elderly in Bang Phlat district, Bangkok
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Background: An aging society has had a significant impact in the rise of chronic disease prevalence and demand for assistance among the elderly. The way to help control the severity of chronic disease and to increase the ability of the elderly to take care of their own health is to have proper health behavior and health literacy, which will result in effective health care decisions.
Objectives: The purpose of this research was to study the level of health literacy, health behavior, and the correlation between health literacy and health behavior of the elderly.
Methods: The sample consisted of elders from 48 communities in Bang Phlat district, Bangkok. Elders from 6 communities were sampled by simple random sampling, then 393 elders were sampled by accidental sampling, using Yamane’s formula for sample size. Data were collected using a health literacy and health behavior surveys which had IOC = .95 and .90, respectively. Reliability was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and were .96 and .84, respectively. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and correlation were calculated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
Results: The results showed that the health literacy of most of the subjects were high at 86.12 percent and health behavior level was high at 89.90 percent. The relationship between health literacy and health behavior of the elderly was positive at the medium level with statistical significance of .01 (r=0.77, p<.01).
Conclusions: Even with good health literacy and behavior, elders still face the risk of cognitive inertia due to degenerative diseases, so it is necessary to foster health literacy in accordance with their age, and elders must develop health literacy to remain in this society as time changes.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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