Factors Related to Healthy Aging Among The Older Persons in Community-Dwelling of Bangkok Metropolitan
Keywords:
Healthy Aging, Physical function, Nutrition, Self-esteem, the older personAbstract
This research aims to study the correlation between gender, education, income, physical activity, nutrition and self-esteem, and healthy aging in the target area of Bangkok. The participants were 282 older persons live in the area of the Crown Property Bureau in Huai Khwang and Wang Thonglang Districts. The quality of life community model development was implemented.The instrumentation in the present study can be divided into the following 5 components:(1) Questionnaires on personal factors; (2) Barthel ADL index; (3) Mini Nutrition Assessment [MNA]; (4) Rosenberg self-esteem scale and (5) Healthy Aging Instrument [HAI]. The instruments were tested for content validity by a panel of qualified experts. The Rosenberg self-esteem scale and Healthy Aging Instrument were tested for content validity and reliability by calculating for Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient, at .85 and .80, respectively. Data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Eta coefficient, Pearson’s product moment correlation and One-way ANOVA. The statistical significance level was set at .05. The finding can be summarized as follows: (1) The older persons in the communities were found to have high scores for healthy aging. ( = 4.25, SD = 0.72) (2) Gender was found to be positively correlated with healthy aging the statistical at .05 (Eta = .484) (3) Income, physical function nutrition and self-esteem were found to be positively correlated with healthy aging with statistical significance at .05 (r = .199, .197, .265, .499, respectively) (4) Older persons with difference education levels had no difference in terms of healthy aging with statistical significance at .05
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