Relation of health literacy management on self- care management behavior of chronic disease patients in Pathum Thani Province
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This descriptive research aimed to study self- care management behavior of chronic disease patients and the relationship between health literacy management and self-care management behavior of chronic disease patients, in Pathumthani Province. The sample consisted of 196 chronic disease patients, in particular diabetes and hypertension. Data were collected during November to December 2022. The research instrument consisted of (1) personal information record form, (2) health literacy management questionnaire, and (3) a questionnaire on self- care management behavior of chronic disease patients. The content validity was tested by 5 experts, yielding congruence indexes of 0.80 -1.00. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of health literacy management questionnaire and a questionnaire on self- care management behavior of chronic disease patients were .80 and .86, respectively. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Person’s Product Moment Correlation coefficient.
The study results showed that patients with chronic diseases had a high level of overall self-care management behavior (M 3.99, SD 0.61). Health literacy management had a low significant positive relationship with self-management behavior of chronic diseases patients (r .207, p < .01). Therefore, promoting and supporting the patients with chronic diseases to have accurate health literacy, thereby results in good self-management behavior of chronic disease patients.
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