Effectiveness of Elderly Health Promotion Program “No Falling, No Forgetting, No Depression and Good Eating” on Quality of Life among Elderly in Mueang Mai Subdistrict Municipality, Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental study aimed to assess effectiveness of elderly health promotion program based on the concept “do not fall, do not forget, do not depress and good eating” on quality of life among elderly in Mueangmai subdistrict municipality, Meuang district, Nakhon Ratchasima province. The study used a 12-week program with one-group experimental design and was conducted from June to August 2023. Samples were 35 elderly selected using purposive sampling method. The participants received one activity every week for twelve weeks and the health promotion program consisted of: fall prevention, dementia prevention, depression prevention, and nutrition for elderly activities. Data were analyzed by using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations and paired t-tests.   

Results showed that, after completing the 12-week program, participants showed significant improvements in the scores on time-up-and-go test (TUGT), test of brain ability using Thai MMSE 2002, test on depression using TGDS-15, nutrition screening using MNA-SF, and quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF-Thai at p-value<0.05. It can be concluded that the elderly health promotion program could improve quality of life and can be replicated in other settings.