The Effectiveness of Caloric Application on Food Consumption Behavior, and Body Weight for Overweight Nursing Students of Prachomklao College of Nursing, Phetchaburi Province
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Caloric application, Food consumption behavior, Body weightAbstract
This quasi-experimental design aim to study aimed to study the effects of Caloric application on food consumption behavior, and body weight among 18 overweight nursing students of Prachomklao College of Nursing, Phetchaburi Province. The research instruments include caloric application, the food consumption behavior questionnaire, body weight record, and the satisfaction of caloric application questionnaire. The content validity of research instruments were examine by 3 experts. The reliability of the food consumption behavior questionnaire and the satisfaction of caloric application questionnaire were examined yielding a Crobach’s alpha coefficient of 0.908 and .946 respectively. The data analysis was utilized the descriptive statistics and the Wilcoxon sign rank test.
The research results revealed that after the Caloric application was implemented, the average of appropriate food consumption behavior among overweight nursing students were higher than before using caloric application (p ‹ .05). The mean score of body weight was lower than before using caloric application (p ‹ .05), and the satisfaction of caloric application score was at the high level (Mean = 4.12, SD. = .34). The research results recommend that the Caloric application should be tested among non-nursing students to compare their health literacy effect on self-care behavior.
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