The Relationship between Health Literacy, Health Behaviors and Accessing to Universal Coverage Scheme among Care Giver of Elderly with Co-Morbidity
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Almost half of Thai elderly rely on care giver in their daily life. Care giver is the key determinant to elderly health care. This cross-sectional survey research aimed to study and find the correlation between health literacy, health behaviors, accessing to universal health coverage scheme and readiness of care giver and social support among 314 care giver who take care of elderly with co-morbidity in Lampang province through multi-stage sampling technique. Researcher developed the instrument by themselves, it consists of 5 parts: general information, health literacy of the caregivers, health behaviors of caregivers, accessing universal health coverage scheme, and readiness of care giver and social support of elderly with co-morbidity. The reliability of the instrument was .80. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic and correlation analysis of various factors using Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
The results of the research showed that health literacy of the caregivers was at a low level (mean = 13.93, SD = 3.44). Health behaviors of the care givers was at a medium level (mean = 44.49, SD = 4.50). Accessing to the universal health care of care givers was at low level (mean = 22.93, SD = 3.72). In addition, care giver readiness and social support were at a high level (mean = 35.77, SD = 4.08). The results of the relationship analysis showed that the health literacy level of the care givers had a positive relationship with the health care behaviors of the caregivers, accessing to universal coverage for the care givers, and care giver readiness and social support yielding statistical significance at .01 with correlation coefficient (r) equal to .30, .24, and .26 respectively.
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