Factors Relating to Physical Activity for Dementia Prevent of the Elderly in Pakkret Municipality, Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to study factors related to physical activities to prevent dementia in the elderly. The samples were 436 elderly persons in Pak Kret municipality, Nonthaburi province. Data were collected using questionnaires and were analyzed with descriptive statistics and correlation analysis using Chi-square and tested with Pearson's product moment correlation coefficients.

The results found that the samples had a high level of physical activities to prevent dementia (38.30%). Factors significantly related to physical activities to prevent dementia, considering each aspect, were as follows: biosocial factors, including gender, age, body mass index, marital status, education level, and chronic diseases at p=0.05. In terms of self-efficacy in doing physical activities to prevent dementia, expectations of the beneficial effects of physical activity to prevent dementia and social support had a significant relationship with physical activity at p=0.01. It was recommended to organize activities to promote self-efficacy through self-practice Including the use of role models for elderly people who continuously have good physical activity as motivation for engaging in physical activity, setting up a time frame for supervising, following up, and giving advice to the elderly as well as providing places to do activities together to encourage continuous engagement in physical activity to prevent dementia among elderly.