ผลของโปรแกรมส่งเสริมพฤติกรรมการใช้ยาในผู้สูงอายุโรคไม่ติดต่อเรื้อรัง อำเภอเขมราฐ จังหวัดอุบลราชธานี Effect of Drug use Behaviors Promotion Program in Elderly Patients with Non-Communicable diseases Khemarat District Ubonratchatani Province.

Abstract

The objective of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effects of a behavior promotion program for taking medicines in elderly patients with non-communicable diseases toword knowledge of taking medicines, perception of risk and severity of complications resulting from misused of medicines for diabetes mellitus and  hypertension,  perception of benefits and obstacles from corrected taking medicine, behaviors of taking medicines, blood glucose, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure.

                The sample comprised 62 elderly, aged 60–80 years old with diabetes mellitus and hypertension. They were selected by the purposive sampling technique according to criteria and divided into two groups: an experimental group (31 elderly) and a comparative group (31 elderly). The tools of this research included: 1) the behavior promotion program for taking medicines in elderly patients with non-communicable diseases, developed by applying the health belief model and house social support theory and 2) a questionnaire which included six sections: general information, knowledge of taking medicines, perception of risk and severity of complications resulting from misused of medicines, perception of benefits and obstacles, and behaviors of taking medicines. The reliability of parts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were 0.89, 0.83, 0.87, 0.82 and 0.81 respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Paired t–test, Independent t-test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, and Mann-Whitney U Test statistics. The results of this study were as follows. 1)After using the program, knowledge of taking medicines in elderly patients with non-communicable diseases, the perception of risk and severity, perception of benefits and obstacles from corrected taking medicines, and behaviors of taking medicine were significantly higher than before and higher than the comparative group (p<.05).2) After using the program, blood glucose, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure were significantly lower than before and lower than the comparative group (p<.05).