Factors related to Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of People in Selected Community, Thonburi District
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The purposes of this research were to study health literacy, healthy lifestyle behaviors and factors related to healthy lifestyle behaviors in selected community, Thonburi District. The sample consisted of 169 people living in selected community, Thonburi District, aged 20 years and over. The research tools included health literacy and healthy lifestyle behavior questionnaires. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were 0.94 and 0.88, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The results showed that: (1) The sample group had healthy lifestyle behaviors at high level (37.28%), followed by the highest level (28.40%); (2) Health literacy in total was high level (29.59%), followed by the highest level (27.40%); and (3) Factors related to healthy lifestyle behaviors with statistical significance at .05 level included income sufficiency, marital status, occupation, and underlying disease having low positive relationship (Cramer’s V = 0.243, 0.225, 0.225, and 0.216, respectively). While the sample aged 60 years and over had a very low negative relationship (r = -.195), and health literacy was positively related to healthy lifestyle behaviors at moderate level (r = .617). The results of this study are beneficial to further strengthen health literacy and healthy lifestyle behaviors of people in community.
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