Abstract:
The purposes of this descriptive research were to study the self-care agency of older person after retinal detachment operation and the relationships between visual acuity, health status, social support, self-esteem, health locus of control, and knowledge of older person with self-care agency. The participants consisted of 120 older person after retinal detachment operation less than 1 year at out patient department of the hospitals under the Ministry of Public Health within Bangkok Metropolis and Municipal areas. The systematic random sampling technique was used for sample selection. Research instruments were demographic questionnaire, visual acuity test, health status, social support, self-esteem, health locus of control, the knowledge of older person after retinal detachment operation, and self-care agency questionnaires. The instruments were test for content validity and reliability and the reliability were .67, .65, .88, .66, .85, and .62 respectively. Data were analyzed by mean, percentage, standard deviation, and Pearsons correlation. Major findings were as follows: 1. Self-care agency of older person after retinal detachment operation was at high level ( = 2.55). 2. Self-esteem, health status, social support, and the knowledge of older person after retinal detachment operation were significantly positive correlated with self-care agency of older person after retinal detachment operation at the level of .05 (r = .45, .42, .41, .30 respectively)