ผลของโปรแกรมส่งเสริมความสามารถแห่งตนต่อการปฏิบัติการลดการบริโภคอาหารที่มีโซเดียมสูงของผู้ที่มีภาวะความดันโลหิตสูงที่ควบคุมไม่ได้ในชุมชน

Abstract

Reducing high-sodium consumption can help control complications of high blood pressure. This quasi-experimental two-group pretest-posttest design aimed to compare the scores for sodium reduction practice among uncontrolled hypertensive persons in a community, before and after receiving a self-efficacy enhancing program, and between an intervention group and a group receiving usual nursing care. The 60 participants were selected by simple random sampling without replacement. These participants were assigned to a group receiving the self-efficacy enhancing program group (n = 30) and a group receiving usual nursing care (n = 30).The research tools included a self-efficacy enhancing program. Data collection tools include a demographic data questionnaire and a questionnaire on practices to reduce high-sodium consumption among uncontrolled hypertensive persons in a community, which was verified for content accuracy by six experts with a content validity index of .96 and a reliability of .71. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, pair t–test and independent t–test statistics. The results showed that after receiving the program, the intervention group had higher scores for reducing high-sodium consumption practices than before participating in the program and higher than the group receiving usual nursing care, with statistical significance (p < .001). The results of this research can be used as a guideline to promote behavior to reduce high-sodium consumption.