FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE DATA AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH IN UBONRATCHATHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) Study cause of death data collected from death certificates. 2) To assess knowledge in the operation of the Operator and satisfaction in the execution assume the cause of death 3) To find the relationship between the knowledge and understanding in the operation of the Operator and the satisfaction with the quality of the data and the cause of death. This study is survey research with the population is the official operator to assume the cause of death in Ubonratchathani province. The number of 230 people and A sample was selected from 70 personnels who perform assumption cause of death. The research instrument was questionnaire to develop the information system to perform assumption cause of death. And the data were analyzed using by percentage, mean, median and standard deviation and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient.

Research has found that the subject of the female 71.40% between 31 - 40 years. Most 34.30% of most of the studies in the bachelor degree of 77.10%. The subject is mainly a location public health officials at the hospital health promotion, Tambon 45.70% most do not have to be the meeting / training, knowledge about the operations assume the cause of death 55.70%, and had been assumed operations cause of death 100% of the subject have the knowledge and understanding in the operation in a High Level 61.40% is ready to operate in the medium level 61.40%. Satisfaction in the Operations assume the cause of death in the medium level 54.30%.

The results of the analysis of the relationship between the knowledge and understanding in the operation of the Operator and the satisfaction with the quality of the data and the cause of death found that the knowledge and understanding of Operations (r = -0.090, p-value <0.05), the availability of the operator (r = -0.222, p-value <0.05). There is a relationship with the quality of the data and the cause of death with the statistical significance (p-value <0.05). Because the knowledge and understanding of the operation as the basis for the operator needs to have the knowledge and understanding. This will help the operator to perform in accordance with the policies and regulations of the availability of the operator is preparing for the operator to assume the cause of death if the operator is ready. The skills and expertise in the operation will cause the operation of the assume the cause of death to achieve results in the data cause of death quality of the job satisfaction (r = -0.007, p-value = 0.951) not found that there is a relationship with the quality of the data and the cause of death with the statistical significance(p-value <0.05).

Feedback, Agencies concerned with the development of the quality of the data in the operation of the assume the cause of death. Priority should be given to the knowledge and understanding and support in the preparation for the performance of assume the cause of death. There should be a process in the development of operations personnel to assume the cause of death, to create the knowledge and understanding to the people assume he cause of death, prepared in the operation to the operator in both the availability and ready to develop the potential such as training exchange learn the collaboration of the relevant authorities. So that the operator is ready to provide data services to the public and can list the cause of death is correctly to the development of the quality of the data and the cause of death.