The study of factors related to health status as assessed by the elderly

Abstract

This research is descriptive research to study factors related to the health status of the elderly. A sample of 1269 was randomly selected based on the criteria used in the study from the elderly population in every region. The research instrument was a questionnaire from Norman an Skinner 2006, Department of Mental Health and constructed by Jantima Kheokao. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.96. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation Using the program.

The results were as follows: Most of the elderly were female. Most of the time, 60-69 graduates in elementary school. The positive correlated factors are the perceived strength of the community and the perceived existence of a peaceful, safe society, mental health and life satisfaction and appropriate health behaviors significantly at the .05

Researchers suggest that appropriate strategies to motivate older adults to use online media to search for more health information. Knowledge pool should be added to elderly people in media literacy. Sometimes, the messages sent do not pass the screening of information before they are forwarded to others.