ความรอบรู้ด้านสุขภาพเกี่ยวกับผลิตภัณฑ์เสริมอาหารและยาแผนโบราณ ของผู้สูงอายุในตำบลโนนอุดม อำเภอชุมแพ จังหวัดขอนแก่น

Viparuth  Hachanda; Jetnipit  Sommart; Pimsiri  Auiwattanakul; Kritkantorn  Suwannaphant

Authors

Viparuth Hachanda คณะสาธารณศาสตร์ วิทยาลัยการสาธารณสุขสิรินธรจังหวัดขอนแก่น
Jetnipit Sommart Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen, Faculty of Public Health and Allied Health Sciences, Praboromarajchanok Institute
Pimsiri Auiwattanakul Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen, Faculty of Public Health and Allied Health Sciences, Praboromarajchanok Institute
Kritkantorn Suwannaphant Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen, Faculty of Public Health and Allied Health Sciences, Praboromarajchanok Institute

Keywords:

Health literacy, Elderly, Dietary supplements, Traditional medicines

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive research study aimed to examine health literacy, as well as the prevalence of using dietary supplements and traditional medicines among the elderly in the Non Udom Sub-district, Chum Phae District, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. The study participants included elderly people between the ages of 60-79 years (n=202) in the Non Udom Subdistrict, Chum Phae District, Khon Kaen Province. They were recruited using a stratified random sampling method. Data were collected between January and February 2020 using a questionnaire interview. We analyzed data using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, minimum, and maximum.

Most of the participants were female and aged between 60-69 years old (73.21%). The prevalence of using dietary supplements was 12.38%, while the prevalence of using traditional medicines was 8.42%. When measuring the level of health literacy, we found that a majority (61.88%) of participants had a low level of cognitive skills. A little over half of participants (51.49%) had access skills. High percentages of participants had self-management skills (77.72%) and decision skills (64.85%). Moderate percentages of participants had communication skills (55.45%) and media literacy (50.50%).

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