The training package on using biological extracts from aloe vera plants to heal burning in an elderly group in Tambol Thangam, In-Buri District, Singburi Province
Abstract:
The study aims to find the effectiveness of the training package on using biological
extracts from Aloe Vera plants to heal burning in an elderly group in Tambol Thangam In-Buri
Singburi province, to compare the pretest and the posttest knowledge scores before and after using
the training package, and to find the elderly groups satisfaction towards the training package on
using biological extracts from Aloe Vera plants to heal burning in an elderly group in Tambol
Thangam In-Buri Singburi.
The samples used in the study were 20 elderly people in Tambol Thangam In-Buri
Singburi province. The research instruments consisted of the training package on using biological
extracts from Aloe Vera plants to heal burning, pretest and posttest knowledge scores, and an
evaluation questionnaire of the participants satisfaction towards the training package on using
biological extracts from Aloe Vera plants. The statistical devices used in the study were percentage,
mean and standard deviation.
The findings revealed that the training package on using biological extracts from Aloe
Vera plants to heal burning in an elderly gr.oup in Singburi province was effective based on the
criteria of 81.33/83.50. The posttest scores (x ̅ = 25.05; S.D. = 1.92) was significantly higher than the
pretest scores (x ̅ = 14.00; S.D. = 2.68). The participants satisfactory towards the training package
on using biological extracts from Aloe Vera plants to heal burning was at a high level (x ̅= 4.0 9).