Factors Influencing positive health behaviors among older adults attending an emergency department at Pakkret hospital 2, Nonthaburi province
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Background: Positive health behaviors are necessary skills to foster appropriate health behavior, prevent health risk factors during emergency periods, and promote long-term quality of in older adults.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the level of positive health behavior and the causal factors influencing positive health behavior among the elderly who visited an emergency department.
Methods: 186 elderly individuals aged 60 years and over who visited the emergency department of Pakkret Hospital 2, Nonthaburi Province, were purposively sampled. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of .84. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used for data analyses.
Results: The findings showed that the positive health behavior of the elderly was at a moderate level. The results of multiple regression indicated that searching for health information via social media and health literacy could explain 49.4% of the elderly' positive health behaviors.
Conclusions: The findings suggest that nurses and healthcare teams should encourage health literacy and promote searching behavior for health information via social media to foster positive health behaviors among the elderly.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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