The Effect of Self–efficacy Enhancement Program on Fall Prevention Behaviors for Older Persons
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This quasi-experimental research, one-group pretest-posttest design, aimed to examine the effect of self - efficacy enhancement program on fall prevention behaviors for older persons. The sample group consisted of 34 older adults, male and female members of Health Development Senior Club Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi. The experimental tool used in the study was the self - efficacy enhancement program on fall prevention behaviors for older persons utilizing the theory of self - efficacy based on Bandura concept. The tools for data collection were questionnaires for personal data and fall prevention behaviors of older adults from October 2020 to January 2021. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistic and paired t-test.
The results revealed that majority of older adults were 55.88% between the ages of 60 - 69 years, 64.71% were female, 75.53% had physical health problems, 70.59% had history of taking medications, 85.29% had no vision impairment, 85.29% had no hearing impairment, 79.41% never experienced fall in the past 6 months, and 94.21% never been hospitalized after fall. The fall prevention behaviors of older adults after receiving the self-efficacy skills enhancement program during the post-test, increased significantly (p < .05).
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