The effects of self-management programs on caregiving behavior and Control the blood pressure of patients with uncontrolled blood pressure at Chanuman Hospital, Chanuman District, Amnat Charoen Province.

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research with a single group pre- and post-test design aimed to study the effect of a self-management program in patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The study included 40 patients with uncontrolled hypertension who received services at the hypertension clinic at Chanuman Hospital. The experimental group received a self-management program for patients with uncontrolled hypertension for 12 weeks. Data were collected using an automatic blood pressure monitor and a health behavior questionnaire with a reliability of 0.99. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with paired Sample t-test.

The study found that the majority of participants were female, aged between 51 and 60 years. After the intervention, the patients' mean health behavior score was 3.9 (S.D. = 0.13), an increase of 2.7 (S.D. = 0.43) from the baseline, which was statistically significant at p < .001. Additionally, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of patients in the experimental group was significantly lower after receiving the program, with a statistical significance of p < .001. These findings suggest that the self-management program is effective in improving the health behaviors of patients with chronic health conditions or similar characteristics.