Health Behavior Modification Model for Prevention of Diabetes in Risk Group living in Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

The purposes of this study were: 1) to analyze factors affecting health behavior adjustment of diabetes risk groups in UbonRatchathani province; 2) to construct the Health Behavior Modification Model for Prevention of Diabetes in Risk Group living in UbonRatchathani Province. The first stage was the people who had screened the risk of diabetes according to the screening criteria of the Bureau of Disease Control and did not contact the Department of Disease Control 397 persons and the second stage was the public health worker number 10 People and the risk group of diabetes, 30 selected. The research instruments used were 1) questionnaire of 15 health factors, 2) group discussion, 3) diabetes knowledge assessment, 4) diabetes risk assessment, and data analysis uses standard deviation. Regression analysis with stepwise and content analysis

The research findings were: 1) As a whole, the factors affecting health behavior adjustment of the diabestes risk groups were four predicting variables affected health behavior adjustment at a low level: potbelly, food, perception of disease risk, and of disease seriousness. The moderate risk group had five variables namely: perception of advantage of self-behavior, being plump, abnormal fat, motivation for self-behavior, and perception of disease risk. The high risk group had four variables namely: cigarretes, abnormal fat, perception of disease seriouseness, and physical exercises. 2) is the principle of the model apply self-management principles and social support. The purpose of the model is Enhance knowledge capacity to enhance self-managementm and the method how to change in health behaviors is the food, the exercise, the mood, the condition of success. An evaluation, and condition of success diabetes risk patients should have the right knowledge to adapt their health behaviors and support to their families