The Effects of Self-Management Behavior Promotion Program on Blood Sugar Levels of Elderly People with Diabetes, Tha Ngio Sub-district, Mueang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Abstract

     This research is a quasi-experimental research to compare the level of knowledge, awareness, and self-care behavior of elderly people with diabetes before and after participating in the program in the area of ​​Ban Payang Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Tha Ngio Subdistrict, District. City, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, numbering 24 people, collecting data using questionnaires with a sample group. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage of age, weight, height, waist circumference, and paired t-test statistics to compare the average knowledge about diabetes—perception of risk and severity Perception of obstacles, and health behavior.
     The research found that the sample group had a high level of knowledge about diabetes at 91.70%. Their level of awareness of the risk and severity of diabetes was high at 87.50% and the level of Overall self-care behavior of the elderly with diabetes was at a high level of 62.50% from the analysis of the results of the comparison of diabetes knowledge. Perception of risk opportunities Induces and Perceived Obstacles Health behaviors and blood sugar levels of people with diabetes found that knowledge about diabetes Perception of risk opportunities Health behaviors were significantly higher than the experiment and blood sugar levels after the experiment were significantly lower than before the experiment (P < .05), and the mean inducers and perceived obstacles after the experiment were not different from those before the experiment.