The Models for the Promotion and Prevention of the Mental Health Problems Based on the Principle of the Four Vuddhidhammas for the Older Persons in Samut Songkhram Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were as follows: 1) to study on the promotion and prevention of the mental health problems based on the principle of the four Vuddhidhammas for the older persons, 2) to build the models for the promotion and prevention of the mental health problems based on the principle of the four Vuddhidhammas for the older persons and 3) to find out the effective models for the promotion and prevention of the mental health problems based on the principle of the four Vuddhidhammas for the older persons. The research was mixed one. The samples were 184 of the older persons of the older persons’ clubs in Amphawa Hospital, Samut Songkhram Province, along with in depth-interview with 5 older persons and with 10 specific groups of the older persons with the confident level at 0.71. The used statistics were descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, inferential statistics and paired samples test. The results of research were found as follows: 1) the older persons who answered the questionnaire were female, they had mental health problem at a low level, 2) they had the promotion and protection of the mental health problems based on the principle of four Vuddhidhammas as the whole at almost time and 3) the models for the promotion and protection of the mental health problems based on the principle of the four Vuddhidhammas were S-I-M-F-E MODEL