FACTORS RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF DAILY LIVING ACTIVITY AMONG ELDERLY IN KHOYAI SUBDISTRICT HEALTH PROMOTING HOSPITAL, KU KAEW DISTRICT, UDON THANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The cross-sectional descriptive  aimed  to study   the level of activity of daily living and its related  factors  among elderly  people in  Khoyai Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Ku Kaew District, Udon Thani Province. 195 elderly  people were included in this study. Data was randomly selected using a simple random sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's Chi-square analysis, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used for data analysis.

The research results found that mostly female percentage 62.1 belong to the group of early elderly people (60-69 years old) who help themselves and can do all their daily activities by themselves (90.8%). Factors related to level of daily activities were age (r =-0.235, p-value = 0.022)  income (r = 0.157, p-value = 0.018), chronic diseases (r = -0.135, p-value = 0.034), duration of chronic diseases (r = - 0.274, p-value = 0.045) and social supports (r = 0.574, p-value = 0.000).           Suggestions for relevant agencies to use basic information to promote healthy behavior by incorporating various factors related to the ability to perform daily activities, plan operations, and determine care activities. The elderly in long-term care play a crucial role in delaying the transition to home dependency and bed rest, with can effectively reduce risk factors for disease complications.