ผลของโปรแกรมการเสริมสร้างแรงจูงใจต่อพฤติกรรมการจัดการตนเองของผู้ป่วยโรคหืด Effect of a motivation enhancing program on self-management behavior of patients with asthma

Abstract

Abstract

           This quasi-experimental research aimed to determine the effect of the motivation enhancing program on self-management behaviors of patients with asthma. The sample was 44 adult patients at asthma clinic, Wapi Pathum Hospital, Maha Sarakham Province. They were randomly assigned into the control and experimental groups, 22 persons per group. The control group received the conventional care, meanwhile the experimental group received the motivation program. The program was developed based on Roger Theory (1983), including two major components; harm for health assessment and coping assessment.
The activity was performed an individual case and telephone follow-up for 8 weeks. The instrument for data collection included questions on demographic information and self-management behaviors questionnaires. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, dependent t-test and independent t-test

           The results revealed that 1.) The mean scores of self - management behaviors of. patients with asthma after receiving the motivation program was  significantly higher than before receiving the program at the significance level of .05, 2.) The mean scores of self - management behaviors after receiving the program in the experimental group was significantly higher than the control group at the significance level of .05. The results indicate that the program is effective for promoting self - management behaviors of. patients with asthma.

Keywords: motivation enhancing program, self-management behaviors, patients with asthma.