ปัจจัยทำนายการจัดการตนเองในผู้สูงอายุโรคความดันโลหิตสูง

Abstract

Hypertension is a major problem for older persons causing complications in their lives. Proper self-management can reduce complications that may arise from this condition. This predictive correlational research aimed to study self-management, health literacy, perceived self-efficacy, and social support and to explore if any of these factors could predict self-management among older persons with hypertension. The participants were 196 older persons with hypertension who received treatment at four Health Promoting Hospitals in Kanchanadit District, Surat Thani. The participants were selected using proportional random sampling during April to June, 2021. The research tools were an interview form on personal information, a questionnaire on self-management, an interview form on health literacy, a questionnaire on perceived self-efficacy, and a questionnaire on social support of older persons with hypertension. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis. hts reserved The results showed that the sample group had high levels of self-management, perceived self-efficacy, and social support. The sample group also had a medium level of health literacy. Health literacy, perceived self-efficacy, and social support, could together predict self-management for older persons with hypertension at 69.60 %. The most predictive factor was social support (B= .516, p <.001), followed by perceived self-etficacy (P = .386, p < .001), and health literacy B=.156,p=.003).The results of this study can be used as data by health personnel to develop activities to promote and used for the creation of programs about health literacy, perceived self-efficacy, and social support that might enhance self-management for older persons with hypertension.