Factor associated with health behavior among Hypertension patients in Khok Pho District, Pattani Province.

Abstract

Abstract

This Descriptive research aimed to study factor associated with health behavior among Hypertension patients in Khok Pho District, Pattani Province. Population in this study consisted of 771 peoples with aged 35 years and over who be diagnosed hypertension in Khok Pho District, Pattani Province, and the sample size calculating used Daniel formula for 270 cases, and systematic random sampling was determining for collecting data. Data collected by questionnaires composed of 3 parts including, characteristics, health perception, health behavior. In addition to check questionnaire standardization, validity was checked by 3 experts and try out testing reliability by Cronbach’s coefficient alpha about 0.80. Data analyzed using statistical as Pearson product moment correlation coefficient with statistic significantly level 0.05. The resulted found that health perception classified in moderate level (57.78%) ( =2.34, S.D.=0.549) health behavior level of Hypertension patients classified in moderate level (80%) ( =1.88, S.D.=0.432), respectively. An association factor reported that health perception was positively associated with health behavior among Hypertension patients in Khok Pho District, Pattani Province with statistic significant (r=0.200, P-value<0.001).