Predictive factors of health behavior of type 2 diabetes patients in the area under the responsibility of Ban Pong Khae Subdistrict Health Promotion Hospital, Wang Prachop Subdistrict, Mueang District, Tak Province.

Abstract

The analytical research aimed to study the predictive factors of health behavior of type 2 diabetes patients. The population was type 2 diabetes patients in the area under the responsibility of Ban Pong Kae Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital. The Daniel formula was used to calculate the sample size of 180 people. The systematic sampling method was used. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 3 parts: personal characteristics, health perception, and health behavior of type 2 diabetes patients. The questionnaire was examined for content validity by 3 experts and tested for reliability using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient formula, which was between 0.80 and 0.87. Data were analyzed using Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

The results of the research found that health awareness was at a high level (78.89%), health behavior of type 2 diabetic patients was at a moderate level (56.11%), and the data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression to predict the effects on health behavior of type 2 diabetic patients, namely, perceived benefits (P-value=0.042), perceived barriers (P-value=0.021), and motivators to practice (P-value=0.152), respectively. The four independent variables could predict the health behavior of type 2 diabetic patients in the area of ​​responsibility of Ban Pong Khae Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Wang Prachop Subdistrict, Mueang District, Tak Province by 20.1 percent (R² =0.201).