The Health Promotion Program base on Buddhist Psychology for Relieve Office Syndrome of Information Technology Personnel

Abstract

The research paper aimed to: 1. study the level of health literacy of Information Technology personnel on relieve of office syndrome; 2. develop a health promotion program based on Buddhist psychology to relieve office syndrome among Information Technology personnel; 3. present the effectiveness of the promotion program. Health according to Buddhist psychology to relieve office syndrome of information technology personnel Research is a mixed method. Qualitative research and quantitative research the key informants were experts in Buddhism, public health and group of practitioners, 12 figures/person selected by specific method. The quantitative sample group included information technology personnel. In the survey response, 268 people and 30 participants participated in the experiment, divided into experimental and control groups of 15 each. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis. The quantitative part was based on statistics, percentage, mean and standard deviation, tested by Wilcoxon signed rank test.

          The results showed that 1. health literacy survey results were at a fair level; 2. The development of health promotion program based on Buddhist Psychology to relieve office syndrome of information technology personnel consisted of 6 elements, with the process of organizing activities according to the program named “I BE SMART” and 3. the effectiveness of the program. It was found that 1) the mean knowledge and health behaviors of the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group at .05 level. 2) The mean health literacy and behaviors of the experimental group after the experimental group were significantly higher than the pre-test. The statistical significance was at the .05 level. 3) The mean satisfaction level was at the “most satisfied” level.