FACTORS INFLUENCING OF SELF-CARE BEHAVIORS FOR PREVENTION OF COLON AND RECTAL CANCER

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the factors relationship between self-care behaviors for prevention of colon and rectal cancer. The study samples were consisted of 126 persons of a hospital in Bangkok selected by simple random sampling between Februarys to March 2021. Data were collected using the demographic data record form, the knowledge prevention of colon and rectal cancer and self-care behaviors for prevention of colon and rectal cancer questionnaire. Checked the content by 3 experts, found that content validity test were at. 1.00 and reliability test of the knowledge prevention of colon and rectal cancer were conducted using KR- 20 and the result was at 0.79, and the reliability  self - care behaviors for prevention of colon and rectal cancer was test using of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient which was at 0.80. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Spearman Correlation were used for data analysis. The results of the study showed that:  age, abdominal pain, constipation alternating diarrhea, blood transfusion, eating meat, eating less fiber, anorexia and weight loss relate to self-care behaviors for prevention of colon and rectal cancer with statistically significant difference at .05