FACTORS RELATED TO RATIONAL DRUG USE BEHAVIOR IN PHRAPHUTTHABAT DISTRICT, SARABURI PROVINCE
Keywords:
Rational Drug Use, Knowledge of Rational Drug Use, Rational Drug Use BehaviorAbstract
This cross-sectional descriptive design aimed to measure the knowledge of rational drug use (RDU), and rational drug use behavior, and test the factors that affect rational drug use behavior among people in Phraphutthabat District. The study sample was 608 people in Phraphutthabat District.The study instruments included the questionnaire of demographic data, and Knowledge, and Rational Drug Use Behavior. Its reliability was 0.81. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, SD., and multiple regression procedure.
The study results showed that the sample was female as well as male (50%, n=304). The knowledge of RDU was at moderate level (63.3%, n=385), and high levels (28.5%, n=174). The RDU behavior was at moderate level (84.70%, n=515), and high levels (10.53%, n=64). Sex, occupation, income, and knowledge of RDU were statistically significant on levels of RDU behavior of people in the Phraphutthabat district at .05 - .001 (p≤0.001-.04).
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