Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to examine stress level, social support level, activities of daily living level, correlation between activities of daily living, social support, stress of hypertensive patients and the correlated factors with stress. The randomized sample of 380 hypertensive patients recruited from Lomsak hospital, Petchaboon province. The instruments used in this study were demographic data form, suanprung stress test, social support questionnaire and activities of daily living (Chula ADL Index) questionnaire. Descriptive statistics for analyzed stress level, social support level, activities of daily living level were presented in percentage, mean and standard deviation. Pearson product - moment correlation coefficient statistics was analyzed the correlation between activities of daily living, social support and stress of hypertensive patients. Correlation between demographic data and stress were analyzed by using chi-square test, t-test, and F-test. Predicted factors were analyzed by using multiple linear regressions.
The results of this study revealed that the stress level of hypertensive patients had moderate stress level (mean stress score = 34.95 ± 8.71). Total social support had low level (2.41±0.57) and activities of daily living had high level (8.05±1.62). Correlation between social support and stress had negative in low level (r= -0.201) and activities of daily living had not correlated with stress. The demographic factors which related with stress were age, education, occupation, income per month, adequacy income, duration of illness and other disease (diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia). Predicted factors such as age, social support and adequacy income were negatively significantly with stress.