Mental Health Literacy, Knowledge, and Management of Mental Health Problems among Older Adults in Dong Hong Hae Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital, Ubon Ratchthani Province
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literacy, knowledge, management, mental health, older adultAbstract
This descriptive research aimed to study 1) mental health literacy, knowledge, and the management of mental health problems among older adults and 2) the relationship between mental health literacy, knowledge, and mental health problem management. The sample was 110 older adults living in the area of Dong Hong Hae Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani Province. They were purposive sampled into the study according to inclusion criteria including being aged 60 years old and over, male or female, having good comprehension and perception, able to understand and communicate in the Thai language, and willing to voluntarily participate in the research. Data were collected from May to June 2023. The research tools were a set of questionnaires consisting of the mental health literacy, knowledge, and the mental health problems management questionnaires, each of which yeilded Cronbrach alpha coefficients showing the acceptable reliability of 0.87, 0.90 and 0.88, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlations were used to analyze the data.
The results showed that the overall levels of the mental health literacy, knowledge, and mental health problems management scores were high. The mental health literacy and the knowledge were statistically significantly positively correlated at a moderate level at p < .001, and the knowledge had a statistically significant positively low correlation to the management of mental health problems at p < .001. However, mental health literacy did not show a statistically significant correlation to the management of mental health problems. The results can be used as fundamental information for medical and public health personnel to promote and improve their knowledge of mental health problem managements in older adults
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