Self-care Behavior of Hypertensive Patients at Grok-Khi-Noo Tambon Health Promotion Hospital, Mueang District, Buri Ram Province

Authors

  • Chanathib Suntiwong Faculty of Nursing, Western University Buriram Campus
  • Kanpana Pabpayon Grok-Khi-Noo Sub District Health Promoting Hospital, Buriram
  • Saowanee Choojan Faculty of Nursing, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University

Keywords:

Self-care Behavior, Hypertensive

Abstract

This descriptive research aimed to study self-care behaviors of hypertension patients and to compare differences between biosocial factors, predisposing factors, enabling factors, reinforcing factors and self-care behaviors of the patients. The sample was hypertension patients who were diagnosed by physician and who were visited Grok-Khi-Noo Tambon Health Promotion Hospital in Buriram Province. The 225 patients were randomized by using simple random sampling method. The research tool was a questionnaire, which was examined for content validity and analyzed for confidence. Data were analyzed by using statistics, percentage, independent t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). From the result of this research, it was found that the patients with hypertension had a good level of the proper self-care behaviors and it was found that the patients with different social reinforcing factors had different self-care behaviors with statistical significant difference (p<.05) while the patients with different biosocial factors, predisposing factors, enabling factors did not make any difference.

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Published

02-10-2022

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Suntiwong C, Pabpayon K, Choojan S. Self-care Behavior of Hypertensive Patients at Grok-Khi-Noo Tambon Health Promotion Hospital, Mueang District, Buri Ram Province. J Royal Thai Army Nurses [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 2 [cited 2024 Apr. 18];23(2):285-92. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/250095

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