Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9600
ISSN: 2155-9600
Chutikan Sakphisutthikul
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nutr Food Sci
Aim: The purposes of this study were to examine the nutritional consumption behaviors and the correlation among perceived benefit, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy, perceived health status, age and consumption behaviors and identify predictors for consumption behaviors of monk patients in Queen Sirikit Heart Center in the Northeast, Faculty of Medicine, Khonkaen University. Method: A sample of 30 monks who had been admitted and stayed at hospital for at least 2 weeks were selected using the multistage random sampling method. The Health Status Questionnaire was used to collect data on participant demography, perceived benefit, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy and perceived health status and consumption behaviors. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Pearson��?s correlation and multiple regressions. Results: The results demonstrated that the sample had a moderate level in both total ( =32.6, SD=0.57) and subsets of nutritional consumption behaviors composed of food ( =28.2, SD=0.8) and beverages ( =12.3, SD=0.22). The perceived health status (r=0.32) were positively significant related to the consumption behaviors (p<0 .01). The perceived barriers (r=-0.148) was negatively significant correlated to the consumption behaviors (p<0.01). Conclusion & Recommendations: Perceived self-efficacy, age and perceived barriers can predict the consumption behaviors of monk patients. Therefore, health care teams should provide age specific programs to promote perceived self-efficacy and to reduce perceived barriers monk patients in order to change their consumption behaviors.
Email: chutikan.sak@gmail.com