MOTIVATION CORRELATION WITH SELF-HEALTH CARE BEHAVIOR OF DIABETICS HEALTH PROMOTING HOSPITAL BAN MAI SUBDISTRICT MUEANG DISTRICT NAKHONRATCHASIMA PROVINCE

Abstract

        The objective of this descriptive research was to study the relationship of  self - care  motivation  of  diabetic  patients  and  self - care  behavior  of diabetic   patients.   The  sample   group  in  this  research  was  192  people who were  treated  at  Ban  Mai  Sub - District  Health  Promoting  Hospital, Muang District,  Nakhon  Ratchasima  Province.  All  population  data were collected.  Therefore,  in this study, a total of 192 people were used, using a questionnaire  created  by the researcher which passed the  quality  test of tools.  The  average  of the overall tool quality  was  0.85 for  data  analysis. And processed with a computer program. The statistical  values used were frequency, mean, percentage and standard deviation. And the relationship was analyzed by using  statistics Simple Correlation Coefficient in Pearson Product Moment Coefficient.
        The results of the study  found that the relationship between self-care motivation of diabetic patients and self-care behavior of diabetic patients. The  perception  of   complications  to  the   disease   of   diabetic   patients was  positively  correlated   with  self-care  behavior  of  diabetic  patients. Statistically,  at the .05 level,  the perception of disease severity in diabetic patients  was   not   related   to  self-care   behavior  of   diabetic   patients. The  perceived  benefit of self-care  behavior of  diabetic  patients  did not correlate with self-care behavior of  diabetic  patients.  And the perceived barriers  to self-care of  diabetic  patients did not  correlate with  self-care behaviors of diabetic patients.