Factors Related with Herbal Consumption Behavior of People in Pratuchangtok Community, Thaiburi Sub-disrtict, Thasala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Abstract

Purposes of this research were to study the factors related to the herb use behavior of people in Pratu Chang Tok community, Thaiburi sub-district, Tha Sala district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province and to assess the behavior of herbal use with a sample of 182 people obtained by multi-stage sampling (SRS). The research model was a cross-sectional survey research, collect data as a questionnaire and statistics used in the analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. The Chi-square statistic and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistic found that the majority of the sample was 67.6 % female. Their income between 5,001-10,000 baht/month, 37.4% have congenital disease or symptoms or physical disorder 64.3%, have primary education or less 48.9% , 28.1 % were farmers, 86.8 % had experience in using herbs and used to grow herbs 48.9%. The behavior of using herbs was at a moderate level 84.6%. It was found that the leading factor in knowledge was positive correlated with the herbal use behavior at the statistical significance at the 0.05 level. The relationship with herbal use behavior was not statistically significant. (p-value>0.05)