EFFECTS OF MOBILE APPLICATION ON KNOWLEDGE OF RISKS FACTOR AND WARNING SIGNS OF STROKE AMONG PEOPLE WITH HYPERTENSION IN BAN TON THONG CHAI SUB-DISTRICT HEALTH PROMOTING HOSPITAL, LAMPANG PROVINCE
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Mobile Application, Risk and Warning Sign of Stroke, People with HypertensionAbstract
This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of a mobile application on knowledge of risks and warning signs of stroke. The sample consisted of 48 people with hypertension who received services at Ban Ton Thong Chai Sub-district Health Promotion Hospital, Lampang Province. The participants were assigned to either an experimental group or a control group, with each group consisting of 24 individuals. The experimental group received knowledge of risks and warning signs of stroke through a mobile application. The research instruments consisted of a mobile application, a general information record form, a health information record form, a knowledge test on the risks and warning signs of stroke with a content validity index of 0.87, and a knowledge test on the risks and warning signs of stroke with a Kuder-Richardson (KR-20) reliability of 0.79. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent t-test.
The study found that the experimental group had a signifcantly higher mean score on knowledge of risks and warning signs of stroke than the control group (t = 5.13, p = .000), indicating that using a mobile application developed under the health communication framework helps promote people with hypertension, who are at risk of stroke, to have convenient access to health information and be able to monitor their own health appropriately. Therefore, we should encourage using mobile application programs to prevent and reduce the risk of stroke.
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