Health Promotion Behaviors Among Families with Uncontroled type II Diabetes Patients

Abstract

        Descriptive research to study health-promoting behaviors of people with uncontrolled diabetes and their families. This objective was to study the level of health-promoting behaviors of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes patients. and to study the level of health-promoting behaviors in families with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. The sample was Purposive Sampling from diabetic patients with uncontrollable sugar levels. 52 people and 52 families came to receive services in the diabetes clinic, Nong Ngu Luam Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, aged 35 years and over. Data were collected by using the health promotion behavior questionnaire of individuals and families. and a family health-promoting behaviors interview questionnaire created by the researchers based on the Pender Murdoch and Parsons health promotion concept (Pender, Murdaugh, & Parsons, 2015). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. (Mean) and standard deviation (S.D)

        The results showed that diabetic patients had overall health promoting behaviors at a very good level (  =3.282 S.D.=0.358). It was found that the health promoting behaviors at the lowest level were nutrition health promoting behaviors (  =2.802 S.D.=0.334. )

         The Families had good overall health-promoting behaviors (   =3.153 S.D = 0.401). It was found that the lowest health-promoting behaviors were family exercise (   =2.909 S.D.=0.716).