TY - JOUR AU - Somsuvun, Chotika PY - 2021/12/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Relationships between Self-Care Behaviors, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Well-Being among Older Adults with Chronic Illness. JF - Journal of Nurses Association of Thailand Northern Office JA - J NAT North VL - 27 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jnorthnurse/article/view/252709 SP - 56-68 AB - <p>The purposesof this descriptive research were tostudy the levelof self-care behavior, self-esteem and psychological well-being and the correlations between self-care behavior, self-esteem, and psychological well-being among older adults with chronic illness. The purposive samples were 380 older adults with chronic<br>illness treated at Lao Suea Kok Subdistrict Health Promotion Hospital during January to March 2020. The research instruments were four questionnaires included demographic data, self-care behaviors, self-esteem, and psychosocial well-beingassessment. Data wereanalyzed using descriptivestatisticand Pearson’s<br>product moment correlation coefficient.</p><p>The results revealed that self-care behavior, self-esteem, and psychological well-being of older adults with chronic illness were at moderate levels (Mean= 2.57, SD.= .47; Mean= 2.71, SD.= .59; Mean=4.52, SD.= 0.13, respectively). Self-care behavior and self-esteem were significantly correlation with psychological well-being<br>in older adults with chronic illness with level of significant at .05 (r = .645 and r = .679, respectively).</p><p>The research result revealed that the awareness and readiness programsneed to be developed in order to promote psychological well-being for older adults with chronic illness.</p> ER -