Factor Related toPractice in Non-Communicable Disease Prevention among Experienced Health Volunteers in Phetchabun Province.

Abstract

The purpose of this study were to study the performance of non-communicable disease prevention among experienced health volunteers in Phetchabun province and to study the relationship between motivation factors, maintenance factors and non-communicable disease practice preventive. The sample consisted of 358 experienced health volunteers. The questionnaires on motivation factors, maintenance factors, and preventive practicewere tested for content validity by using index of item objective congruence,and they were in between 0.6-1.0. These respectively questionnaires were tested for reliability by using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient, and rated at 0.91, 0.93 and0.96. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, andPearson product moment correlation coefficient. The result revealed that: 1. The performance of non-communicable disease prevention among experienced health volunteers in Phetchabun province was at a high level ( = 4.09, S.D = 0.47) 2. The relationship between motivation factors (r = .365, p < .001) and maintenance factors (r = .434, p < .001) had a moderate positive correlation with the performance of non-communicable disease prevention among experienced health volunteers at statistically significant (p < .001)