สถานะสุขภาพและความต้องการด้านสุขภาพของผู้สูงอายุ ตำบลคูคต อำเภอลำลูกกา จังหวัดปทุมธานี

Introduction Thailand currently is an aging society. To get basic information of senior
citizens, therefore, is important for future benefits. The present research had a crosssectional
study design.
Objectives To analyze health status and health needs of the elderly and to determine
association of factors that affect the health of the elderly
Methods Request Khukhot Municipality for the names and the addresses of the elderly on
allowances, systemiatic random sampling for the calculated sample size, data collection
using interviews based on a presently designed questionnaire and SF-36, and quantitative
data analysis

Results The interviews engaged 826 elderly people, mostly female (62.2 percent), at the
average age of 70 years with nearly 80 percent having comorbidities and almost one in
three having been through fall incidents. As regards health behaviours, most of them took
daytime naps, slept easily and well, had normal bowel movements. Some of the subjects
exercised (62.3 percent), smoked (7.4 percent) and drank alcohol (8 percent). Active-aging :
need-a-little-help : need-help subjects were in the ratio of 93.1 : 3.8 : 3.1 percent. In
psychological aspect, the largest portion of them was a little anxious and stressed (39
percent). In terms of families, there were roughly three members in each family, living in a
two-storey house with the upper storey being where they slept and with flush-type toilet
with non-slippery bathroom floor. As regards community, most willingly participated in
some activities. SF-36 results: the seniors responded that they were in good, good-enough,
great, poor and excellent health (41.4, 38.1, 9.1, 6.5 and 0.5 percent, respectively). Factors
statistically significantly affecting the health of the elderly were exercise behaviours (P-value
0.000), food seasonings (P-value 0.001), and anxiety and stress (P-value 0.000).
Suggestion Qualitative research should be conducted to reflect the community context.