ผลของโปรแกรมการเสริมสร้างแรงจูงใจต่อพฤติกรรมการจัดการตนเองของผู้ป่วยโรคหืดวัยผู้ใหญ่ The Effect of Motivation Promoting Program on Self-Management Behavior in Asthmatic Adult Patients

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of motivation promoting program on self-management behavior in asthmatic adult patient. Patients both males and females aged 18 – 59 years were enrolled from the asthma clinic, Surin hospital. The participants were assigned to the experimental and control group (22 for each group). Two group were matched by gender, ages and the levels of asthma control. The control group received a usual care while the experimental group received the motivation promoting program. The program was conducted for 4 weeks. Data were collected using demographic information sheet, questionnaires of self-management behavior, questionnaires of perceived severity of asthma, questionnaires of perceived susceptibility, questionnaires of outcome expectation, and questionnaires of perceived self-efficacy. questionnaires of perceived severity of asthma, questionnaires of perceived susceptibility, questionnaires of outcome expectation and questionnaires of perceived self-efficacy. The content validity index of these questionnaires all were 1. Their Crobach’s alpha coefficients were .74, .83, .93, .85, and .90, respectively. Independent and dependent t-test were used to analyze data.

The results revealed that:

1. 1. The mean score of self-management behavior in asthmatic adult patient after receiving with the motivation promoting program was significantly higher than before receiving to the program at the significance level of .05.
2. 2. The mean score of self-management behavior in asthmatic adult patient after receiving with the motivation promoting program in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group at the significance level of .05.