Effect of Developing the Potential of Health Volunteers on Knowledge, Attitude and Capability in Caring for Hypertensive Patients
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Developing the Potential of Health Volunteers, Knowledge, Attitude, Capability in Caring for Hypertensive PatientsAbstract
The study of quasi-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test research design aimed to investigate the effect of developing the potential of health volunteers on knowledge, attitude, and capability in caring for hypertensive patients. The sample consisted of 20 health volunteers from a Subdistrict Health Promotion Hospital in Mueang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, selected by purposive sampling. The study was performed from July 2024 to October 2024. The research instruments consisted of 2 parts:
1) developing the Potential of Health Volunteers, which consisted of two activities. Step 1 involved developing the capacity of Health Volunteers through a workshop designed to enhance their knowledge, understanding, and skills in caring for patients with hypertension. Step 2 comprised the practice phase, during which Health Volunteers conducted home visits to monitor patients’ conditions and provide them with health education and advice on hypertension management. and 2) the data collection instruments, which comprise a general information questionnaire, knowledge assessment, attitude assessment, and capability assessment for caring for hypertensive patients. The questionnaire was examined for content validity by 3 experts, yielding a content validity index (CVI) of 1, The reliability of the KR-20 was .82, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient yielded a value of .86. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, and dependent t-tests.
The findings revealed that after participating in the Developing the Potential of Health Volunteers program, their knowledge, attitudes, and capability in caring for hypertension patients increased statistically significantly (p < .01, p < .05, and p < .05, respectively) This indicates that he program has been shown to substantially enhance the knowledge, attitudes, and capability of health volunteers in the care of hypertensive patients. However, it is recommended that further research be conducted to explore the management of chronic conditions in other disease groups to refine and adapt interventions accordingly.
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