Health status and health behaviors of community enterprise group members Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

  This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study health status and health behaviors of community enterprise group members in Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The sample consisted of 56 community enterprise members in Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The instrument used as a questionnaire was reliability 0.85, analyzed and presented by descriptive statistics.

  This study found that the sample group has an average age of 50.9±8.9 years. The majority are female, 78.6%.  The majority being from the Tha Chang community enterprise at 76.8 percent. Found that had a normal BM (30.4%), have chronic disease (58.9%), Health care behaviors; found that they did not have 3 meals (51.8%), cooked vegetables 1-3 days per week accounted (44.6%), non-sweet fruits 3 times a day, 1-3 days per week (62.5%), Occasionally adding salty seasonings (80.4%), adding sweet seasonings (57.1%), drinking sweetened beverages 4-6 days per week (51.8%), smoking (16.1%) with an average of 7.8 cigarettes per day. The first cigarette was smoked within 30 minutes to 1 hour after waking up (77.8%), drinking more than 4 cans of beer or 2 large bottles per week (42.9%), drinking alcohol once a month (41.1%). Engaging in physical activities until feeling more tired than usual, less than 30 minutes per day (40.0%), sitting or reclining without physical activity for more than 2 hours on some days (55.4%), sleeping for up to 7 hours on some days (53.6%), brushing teeth before bed on some days (58.9%) and had high levels of stress (1.8%).