DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A MODEL OF PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH PROMOTION FOR HAPPINESS AMONG THE ELDERLY

Thanakorn  Panyasaisophon; Ammara  Visuttranukul; Pornpawee  Chuenjairuang

Authors

Thanakorn Panyasaisophon Faculty of Public Health, Nakhon Ratchasima College, 290 Moo 2 Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Ammara Visuttranukul Educational and Psychological Test Bureau, Srinakharinwirot University.
Pornpawee Chuenjairuang Institute of Nursing, Suranaree University of Technolog.

Keywords:

Model of participation, health promotion, happiness, the elderly

Abstract

This research and development study was focused on development and evaluation of a model of participation in health promotion for happiness among the elderly in Mueang Pak Thong Chai municipality, Pak Thong Chai district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, under the developmental framework for quality of life based on physical, psychological, social, and environmental relationship aspects, designed by the World Health Organization. The sample in this study consisted of elderly persons selected through purposive sampling. These 46 volunteers participated in the activities and their health was checked by a physician to confirm their fitness for research involvement. The experimental group received the model of participation in health promotion, created by the researchers, for three months. The research tools were the model of participation in health promotion, the Thai Happiness Indicators survey, and the satisfaction assessment. Data on the happiness of the elderly was collected five times, i.e. pre-test, during test, post-test, and two follow-ups. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, and one-way ANOVA with repeated measurements were applied for data analysis. Research findings indicated that average scores of happiness among the elderly were 28.9±5.0, 30.6±3.4, 33.7±4.0, 34.7±5.9, and 36.7±3.3, respectively, out of 45 points possible. Repeated measurements suggested that happiness had increased with a statistical significance of 0.001.

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