AN INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL ON HEALTH BEHAVIORS OF PATIENTS CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE TO NEW APPROACH BUDDHIST

Abstract

This study applied the process of the research and development (R&D). consists of 3 objectives as: 1) to create an instructional model for enhancing health behaviors of patients with COPD, 2) to compare health behaviors of patients with COPD who got the treatment by using the instructional model pre-post and who got the treatment by using the conventional nursing model, and 3) to study the COPD patients satisfactions toward the instructional model. Patients’ samples were the COPD persons’ problems. The samples that were designed as the random group of 60 patients. The samples had 2 groups including the experimental group that had 30 patients, and the controlled group that also had 30 patients. The experimental group received an intervention consisting of eight week of instructional model, whereas the control group received conventional care. The evaluation of this study was conducted upon the completion of intervention at the eight week post intervention by health behaviors interviewing questionnaire. Comparison of health behaviors between the two groups were analyzed by using independence t-test.

The results revealed that: Health behaviors mean score in the experimental group after participating in an instructional model was significantly higher than that of before (p< .01) and health behaviors mean score in the experimental group after participating in an instructional model was significantly higher than those in the control group (p<.01). The last, the patients with COPD satisfactions toward the instructional model of the experimental group were found that they got the instructional model satisfactions’ scores as of the highest level (= 4.31, S.D. = 0.14)