FACTORS INFLUENCING CARING BEHAVIORS OF CAREGIVERS OF OLDER PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Keywords:
caring behaviors, asthma, caregiverAbstract
This correlation study aimed to study caring behaviors and factors influencing the caring behaviors of the caregiver of older patients with asthma. A simple random sampling was conducted to obtain 138 caregiver of older patients with asthma, aged from 60-90 years, registered in the chronic disease clinic in the 50 Pansa Mahavajiralongkorn hospital. Data was collected by the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, stepwise multiple regression.
The results found that 79.40% of participants were female, 45.70% were between the ages of 51-60 years, 68.10% of participants were married, 47.80% had received primary school education, 38.40% were farmers, 45.70% had an average monthly income between 4000-6000 bath, and 42.50% had the duration of asthma patient between 1-10 years. 84.00% of participants had a high level of caring behaviors for older asthma patients. According to multiple regression analysis, the perceived risk for asthma complication (Beta=0.383), and the knowledge of asthma (Beta=.224) can predict the caring behaviors of the caregiver of older patients with asthma with 19.5% with statistical significance .001
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