Effectiveness of the integrate health rehabilitation model on the activities of daily living among homebound elderly at Ratchaburi Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to assess the effectiveness of the integrated health rehabilitation program in developing the activities of daily living of the homebound elderly in Ratchaburi province. The experimental group consisted of 40 homebound elderly from Ban Lueak Sub-district, Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province, and 40 homebound elderly recruited from Nong Ree Sub-district provided for the control group. A three-month intervention based on the integrated health rehabilitation program was provided for the experimental group and the pre and post intervention activities of daily living of the participants was evaluated using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test. The results showed that, after 3 month intervention, the experimental group had an average activities of daily living (mean = 9.85, SD = 1.35) after the experiment (mean = 11.43, SD = 1.31). The pre- and post-intervention mean activities of daily living scores of the experimental group were statistically different at p-value<0.01 and higher than the control group (mean = 9.85, SD = 1.35). These findings indicate that interventions based on the integrated health rehabilitation program have proved to be an effective approach to improving activities of daily living among homebound elderly.