The Application of motivation theory and Social Support theory for changing health behavioral to control blood glucose levels of type 2 diabetic’s patients in Pochai sub-district, Utumpornpisai District, Sisaket Province.

Abstract

This independent study is purposed to investigate the motivation theory, which applied the program on Disease Prevention in association with Social Support for changing behavioral practice to control blood glucose levels of type 2 diabetic’s patients in Pochai sub-district, Utumpornpisai District, Sisaket Province.

          The research is categorized as Quasi – Experiment Research, which employed 79 Type 2 diabetes­_patients who failed to control blood glucose level. The experimental group was 40 patients from Health Promoting Hospital in Pochai Sub-district, Utumpornpisai District, Sisaket Province, as well as the controlled group was 39 Type 2 diabetic’s patients from Health Promoting Hospital of Taket Sub-district, Utumpornpisai District, Sisaket Province. The experimental group participated in a 12-week developing the program of Motivation Theory - Based Applied Program, adjoined with social support in order to systemize health care service, in accordance to the real condition of the patients and local context. Statistics used to analyze the data were descriptive statistics including percentage, mean, standard deviation, and max – min scores. Inferential Statistics were; paired t-test and independent t-test.

          The results found out that the experimental group had higher post-test average score on the following items; 1) diabetic perception of severity, 2) a perception of risks on complications probability of diabetes, 3) Expectations on the efficiency of the responses on changing behavioral practice to control glucose blood level, 4) expectations on the self capability on changing behavioral practice to control glucose blood level, 5) personal behavioral practice to control glucose blood level on eating habits, taking medicines and exercising, and 6) social supports to control glucose blood level. The average score was higher and earned value higher than controlled group statistically significance at the degree of freedom 0.05 (P-value <0.001).  And also found that the average glucose blood level after the experimental period was over lower that the controlled group statistically significance at the degree of freedom 0.05 (P-value <0.001). 

         In Conclusion_this research is able to execute the motivation theory, which applied the program on motivation theory, in association with Social Support concepts to control glucose blood level of diabetic patients and able to reduce the risk of complications within local community. Therefore, local primary healthcare service units are now able to consider appropriate effective alternates in healthcare service onwards.