Nitima Tangtrongchit. Factors related to the consumption need level of dietary supplement products of the secondary school's teacher in the Department of General Ducation in Bangkok . Master's Degree(Population Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2003.
Factors related to the consumption need level of dietary supplement products of the secondary school's teacher in the Department of General Ducation in Bangkok
Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study factors related to the
Consumption Need Level of Dietary Supplement Products of the Secondary School’s
Teacher in the Department of General Education in Bangkok. The selected qualitative
variables were Sex, Age, Average Income, Attitude Towards Dietary Supplement
Products, Influence of Friends, Influence of Relatives, Advertising Influence, Health
Conditions – Number of Personal Diseases. The target sample was 410 teachers in the
secondary school in the Department of General Education in Bangkok and then the
data was analyzed by frequency, percentile and partial correlation coefficients.
The research results revealed that factors that related to the Consumption
Need Level of Dietary Supplement Products materially in terms of statistics with
more than 0.05 level were Sex, Age, Average Income, Attitude Towards Dietary
Supplement Products, Influence of Friends, Influence of Relatives, Advertising
Influence and Health Conditions – Number of Personal Diseases.
The research results suggested that government units should promote the
knowledge of the Dietary Supplement Products to teachers, students and the general
public and control their quality, price and distribution. Other target groups should also
be studied. The consumers should thoroughly study each type of Dietary Supplement
Product before consuming. People should be healthy by sleeping enough, consuming
food from the 5 necessary groups, frequently exercising and having healthy mental
well being. Dietary Supplement Products should only be used in conjunction with
this practices and only as prescribed by doctor. Furthermore, thoroughly studying the
standard of Dietary Supplement Products would be necessary.