Effect of institution-based management for elderly health promotion program in northeastern thailand.

This study aimed to examine the current situation and effectiveness of the Institution-based Management for Elderly Health Promotion (IBM-EHP) program in enhancing the health and health promotion behaviors of the elderly living in two out of five government elderly home service institutes (GEHSI) in northeastern Thailand. The elderly participants in one GEHSI were assigned into the management group and received the IBM-EHP program (n=60), and those in another GEHSI were in the control group and received the usual care provided by the institution (n=55). Before and after (six months) the program implementation, assessments of knowledge, self-efficacy, received social support, health promotion behaviors, and health status depicted by fasting plasma glucose level and lipid profile of the participants in both groups were performed. Data collection used an interview guide, and clinical and diagnostic measurement methods. Data analysis used frequency, mean, standard deviation, paired simple t-test, independent t-test, and multiple regression. Results indicated that the management group, compared to the control group, demonstrated improvements in perceived self-efficacy, received social support, health promotion behaviors, and HDL-C level (p<0.05). Perceived self-efficacy and received social support were predictive factors, which contributed to explain 50.6% of the health promotion behaviors of the institutionalized elderly participants in the management group. Modification solut...
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research