HEALTH BEHAVIOR ACCORDING TO THE THREEFOLD PRINCIPLE OF THE ELDERLY IN TRANG PROVINCE

Abstract

The research on Health behavior according to Threefold Training principle of elderly in Trang Province was conducted by survey research with questionnaires as the tools. Objectives were as follows: 1. To study health care behavior according to Threefold Training principle of the elderly in Trang Province, 2. To compare health care behaviors according to Threefold Training principle of the elderly in Trang Province, and 3. To study the recommendations for health care according to Threefold Training principle of the elderly in Trang Province. The samples used in this research were 379 elderly from Mueang Trang District in Trang Province. The research tool was a questionnaire on health behavior according to Threefold Training principle of the elderly in Trang Province. Questions consisted of the moral aspect, the concentration aspect, and the intellectual aspect. Data analysis was performed using percentage statistics, mean and standard deviation.   

Findings were as follows: 1. The health behavior according to Threefold Training principle of Trang Province elderly in essential aspects was at a high level. and divided by aspects in descending order as follows: Wisdom 2. The comparison of health care behaviors according to Threefold Training principle of the elderly in Trang Province revealed that the elderly had not difference in Threefold Training health care behavior. 3. Guidelines for health care according to Threefold Training principle of elderly in Trang Province revealed that the elderly had knowledge of food nutrition, exercise regularly, went to monasteries to listen to Dhamma sermons, participated in community activities, respected community rules, learned their own emotional level according to principles to enhance the development of mental and intellectual life. The elderly were able to orderly live in society and learned to reflect on their emotions for a decent life.