Comparisons Health Literacy to the Performance of Volunteers in Elderly Care, Pad Subdistrict Municipality, Kham Ta Kla District, Sakon Nakhon Province

Abstract

This Survey Research was aimed to study the level of elderly practice knowledge and compare the level of health literacy of 136 health volunteers (VHV.) in Pad Subdistrict Municipality, Kham Ta Kla District, Sakon Nakhon Province during August - December 2019. Data were collected by questionnaires. Then analyzed data by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics: Indipendent T-test for analyzied level of health knowledge with elderly caring practice.
The result revealed that most of samples were female 81.6 % (average age 51.64 ± 8.86 years), marital status 86.6 %, primary school education 63.2 %, and agricultural occupation 74.9 %. They had a high level of health literacy and practice at 80.10 % (58.60 ± 6.76) respectively. The comparison of level of elderly caring practice was a high level better than low level with statistical significance (p-value < 0.001).