Factors Affecting Health Behaviors among People with Spinal Cord Injuries

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Dalin Rattanasuk
Warangkana Saripan

Abstract

This predictive research design aimed to investigate predictability of selected factors to explain health behaviors among people with spinal cord injuries.The PRECEDE-PROCEED Model was used as a conceptual framework to guide this study. Purposive sampling based on inclusion criteria was used to recruit a sample of 150 people with spinal cordinjuries.Four self-administered questionnaires were used in data collection: the Demographic Data Form, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Social Support Questionnaire,and the Health Behaviors Scale.Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics,correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.The findings revealed that social support and self-esteem were significantly positively related to health behaviors among people with spinal cord injuries. There were no relationships of age and education to health behaviors among them.Social support and self-esteem jointly explained 23%of the variance in health behaviors among people with spinal cord injuries.Social support was the strongest predictor of health behaviors. Our findings suggest that nurses should promote social support and self-esteem to enhance health behaviors among people with spinal cord injuries.
Keywords: Health behaviors,Self-esteem,Social support,Spinal cord injuries

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Rattanasuk D, Saripan W. Factors Affecting Health Behaviors among People with Spinal Cord Injuries. Nurs Res Inno J [Internet]. 2023 Dec. 22 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];29(3). Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/RNJ/article/view/256516
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