สถานการณ์การเกิดอุบัติเหตุในผู้สูงอายุและการดูแลตนเองเพื่อป้องกันอุบัติเหตุ Accidental Situation and Self-Care for Prevention of Accident among Older People

บทคัดย่อ

Accidents are a common cause of injury and death among older persons. Having an accident in elder can lead to physical and property loss, disability and death in this age group are especially a concern. This qualitative research was carried out to explore the situation of accident and self-care prevention among elderly people at one district of Mae Hong Son Province. Data were collected through observation, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussion. 104 participants participated in the study were the older person who experienced an accident, the community leader, community organization and government organization group in the setting. Content analysis technique was brought to analyzing the data. The result revealed that accidental situation among elderly presented in 5 categories; 1) road accident 2) general accident 3) risk behavior accident 4) emergency ill accident, and 5) disaster accident. Self -care management for preventing of an accident among elders consisted of 1) prevention of an accident by performing exercise, having physical support for movement, taking medicine as a doctor order, and provide appropriate environment both inside and outside the house, 2) self-care management when having an accident comprised of cold and hot compression, taking a medicine per oral or massage, traditional care or treatment. Performing primary wound care by stop bleeding and dressing, referring to the hospital in case of severity. This study provides essential basic information for encouraging the potential of elders and their families to gain knowledge and awareness of appropriate self-care for accidental prevention.