The effectiveness of health behavior change program on patients with hypertension in Bophoi Subdistrict Kanchanaburi Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research, pretest-posttest control group design, aimed to 1.compare the mean score before and after using the health behavior change program on patients with hypertension of the experimental group and 2.compare the mean score between the experimental group and after the control group after using the health behavior change program on patients with hypertension. Sixty patients with hypertension were selected using simple random sampling. The samples were separated into 2 groups, including 30 students in the experimental group and 30 students in the control group. The research instruments were a health behavior change program on patients with hypertension and health behavior questionnaires. Statistical analyses were descriptive statistics and t-tests.

The results show that the mean score after using the health behavior change program of the experimental group was higher than before using the health behavior change program at <0.05 level of significance. The mean score of the experimental group was higher than the control group after using the health behavior change program of the experimental group at <0.05 level of significance.

The conclusion is that the health behavior change program is appropriate for developing use in hospitals and communities and can magnify the outcome for non-communicable diseases.