A Development of Exercise Program Appying Social support Theory Among The Eldery Person with Hypertension in Ban Had District, Khon Kaen province

Abstract

     This survey research aimed to determine the situation, problem and a wanted of social support of the exercise program of the the eldery person with hypertension in Ban Had district, Khon Kaen province. Questionnaires were administered to 316 alumni from cluster random sampling.

     The result shown more than half of samples were female (77.15%), average age 70.67 year old. The samples was graduated in primary school and did not working, which the income less than 5,000 baht. The sample was exercise by walking more than 3 day per week during 05.00 – 09.00 am and duration less than 30 minutes. The cause of exercise were the care of health to a stronger. The feeling after exercise was a relaxing. The samples were got a social support such as a family support to joining a cultural ceremony of a community and a family support to talking about health promotion with an expert in a health care such as public health officer. An age, duration of a stay in community, a type of exercise, a duration of exercise, an amount of day of exercise, a cause of exercise and a symptom after exercise were related a social support at a level of significance (pvalue < 0.05)