Effects of Health Belief Program and Social Support on Drug Monitoring of H. Pylori Infected Patients in Fort Pichai Dab Hak Hospital, Uttaradit Province
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The aim of this study in a one-group pretest-posttest design was to investigate the level of knowledge, perception of disease risk, perception of disease severity, perception of benefits and barriers, and medication-taking behavior of H. pylori infected patients at Fort Pichai Dab Hak Hospital in Uttaradit Province before and after participating in the health belief program and social support. The study applied Becker and Maiman's concepts of health beliefs and social support. The study comprised 48 new patients who had been diagnosed with gastrointestinal disease via endoscopic gastroenterology and had positive H. Pylori test results. The research was conducted from February to July of B.E. 2564. The data were collected using a questionnaire on the respondents' general information, a knowledge test on H. pylori with a KR-20 value of 0.80, and a questionnaire on health perceptions and eating habits. The Cronbach's coefficient alpha for both questionnaires was 0.97 and 0.88, respectively. The data were analyzed using percentages, means, standard deviations and the paired samples t-test.
The study shows that patients with H. pylori infection have higher knowledge, higher perception of disease risk, higher perception of disease severity, higher perception of benefits and barriers, and better medication-taking behavior after participating in the health belief program and social support compared to before participation, with a statistical significance of .001.
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