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Journal of Ratchathani Innovative Health Sciences : Vol.2 No.2 April-June 2018 45

ภาวะสุขภาพและการยอมรับการเปลี่ยนแปลงของรางกาย การสนับสนุนของครอบครัว การ
ไดรับบริการทางการแพทยและสาธารณสุข เปนตัวแปรที่มีความสัมพันธในรูปเชิงเสนและ
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สามารถรวมกันทํานายพฤติกรรมการปองกันอุบัติเหตุของผูสูงอายุ ไดรอยละ 40.2 (R = .402)
อยางมีนัยสําคัญทางสถิติ ที่ระดับ 0.05
คําสําคัญ: ผูสูงอายุ, ความรูเกี่ยวกับอุบัติเหตุและการปองกัน, พฤติกรรมการปองกันอุบัติเหตุ

Abstract

The study is a descriptive design. The purposes of this research were to investigate
the relationship and identify the knowledge of accident and accidental prevention,
perceived health status and acceptance of physical change due to aged, family support,

receiving of medical services as predictors of the elderlies accidental preventive behaviors.
There were totally 290 elderly volunteers enrolled into the study from Multi-Stage Random
Sampling technique. The sample size was calculated via Lemeshow equation. Data were
collected by interviewing questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive analysis, T-test, One

way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. The study
results showed that 1. The knowledge of accident and accidental prevention was at a high
level 85.2%, the accidental preventive behaviors, family support, receiving of medical

services were at a high level (̅= 2.596, S.D. = 0.651) (̅ = 2.833, S.D.=0.461) and (̅ =
2.731, S.D.=0.607) respectively, and the perceived health status and acceptance of physical
change due to aged was at a moderate level (̅= 1.998, S.D. = 0.478). 2. There was
differences in the elderlies accidental preventive behaviors as classified by type of daily

activities with a statistical significance of 0.05. Moreover, there were no differences among
the other variables. 3. The knowledge of accident and accidental prevention, perceived
health status and acceptance of physical change due to aged, family support, receiving of

medical services were significantly relevant to accidental preventive behaviors with positive
values (r = .411, .204, .387 and .291 respectively) 4. The knowledge of accident and
accidental prevention, perceived health status and acceptance of physical change due to
aged, family support, receiving of medical services were significant linear correlation capable
of predicting the elderlies accidental preventive behaviors at the percentage of 40.2 (R =
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.402) with a statistical significance of 0.05. Conclusively, the study results can be applied for
a health promotion design in the accidental preventive behaviors among the elderly.
Keywords: The elderly, Knowledge of accident and accidental prevention,

Accidental preventive behaviors