The Effectiveness of Self-Management Program of SKT’s Meditation Therapy on Health Outcomes in Pre-hypertension in Elderly
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The purposes of this research were to study the effectiveness of self-management program of SKT’s meditation therapy on health outcomes in pre-hypertension in elderly. The sample consisted of 30 elderly people aged 60 -74 years in the area of responsibility of Sub-district Health Promotion Hospital Mon Din Daeng Sub-district, Laplae District, Uttaradit Province. The construct validity was then checked and the research tool of Self-Management Program of SKT’s Meditation Therapy on Health Outcomes in Pre-hypertension in Elderly was produced and reliability coefficients result was .87 and analyzed by descriptive statistics and Paired Sample t-test.
The results of this study revealed as follows: After participating self-management program of SKT’s meditation therapy on Health outcomes in Pre-hypertension in Elderly were better before participating the program as follows.
1. The average level of systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the pre-hypertension in elderly significantly decreased (p<.05) after participating self-management program of SKT’s meditation therapy.
2. The average of Self-Management Behavior Score of the pre-hypertension in elderly was higher than before participating self-management program of SKT’s meditation therapy (p<.05).
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