RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH LITERACY AND PERSONAL FACTORS WITH HEALTH BEHARIOR AMONG RISK GROUP WITH HYPERTENSION IN TALAD SUB-DISTRICT, MUANG DISTRICT, NAKHON RATCHASIMA PROVINCE

Abstract

This study is cross sectional study and aimed to study the relationship between health literacy and personal factors with health beharior among risk group with hypertension in Talad  sub-district, Muang district, Nakhon Ratchasima province. The samples were 300 students. Data were collected by questionnaires. Descriptive data were analyzed by descriptive statistic such as frequency percentage mean and standard deviation, Chi-square test and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient.

The results showed that majority was 60.0 % female and 40.0 % man, the average age was 34.43 %, body mass index was 25.69 kg/m2, the marital status was 49.0 %, the education was lower than primary level was 50.7 %, Non-agricultural occupation (trade, hire) was 48.7 %, the average income was 9,155.67 baht. The sample group had health cognitive was at the high level in 54.7 %, health access was at the moderate level in  43.3 %, health communication was at the moderate level in 47.0 %, health self-management were at the low level in 39.7 %, health media literacy was at the moderate level in  49.0 %, health decision was at the good level in 72.3 % and health behavior was at the moderate level in 68.0 %. Factors related between health literacy with health behavior among risk group with hypertension had health access, health communication, health self-management, health media literacy and health decision had the positive relationship with health behavior among risk group hypertension with statistical significant. (r = .176, .211, .349, .243 and .188, P-value < .05).