Perception and Self-care Behavior to Prevent Falls in the Elderly at Rom Pho Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Mueang Samut Prakan District, Samut Prakan Province

Abstract

This descriptive correlational research aims to study the level of perception, self-care behaviors for fall prevention, and the relationship between perception levels and self-care behaviors for fall prevention among elderly individuals at Rom Pho Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Mueang Samut Prakan District, Samut Prakan Province. The sample consisted of 350 elderly individuals aged 60 years and older residing within the service area of the Rom Pho Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Theparak subdistrict, Mueang Samut Prakan district, Samut Prakan province. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient to test the hypothesis at a significance level of 0.05.

The results showed that: 1) the overall levels of perception and self-care behaviors for fall prevention were rated as high and 2) perception of fall prevention was significantly correlated with self-care behaviors for fall prevention among elderly individuals at a statistical significance level of 0.05.