Abstract:
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effect of health belief model programme on medicine use behavior in older persons with hypertension. Forty older persons with hypertention admitted medication ward, the Thammast university hospital. The participants were randon assigned to the experimental and control grops (20 for each group). The control group received a conventional care while the experimental group received an intervention regard to health belief model programme, using the health belief of action influence health behaviors according to the health belief model (Becker, 1974). The programme was conducted for 5 weeks. The questionnaires consisted of demographic information, perceived health questionnaires, and medicine used behavior questionnaires. The reliabilities of the perceived health questionnaires and medicine used behavior were .81 and .74, repectively. Percent, mean, standard deviation, and independent t-test were used to analyze data. The results revealed that: 1. The mean of medicine used behavior score, after participating in the health belief programme, was significantly higher than that before participating in the programme at the statistical level of .05 2. The mean of medicine used behavior score, after participating in the health belief programme in the experiment group, was significantly higher than that before participating in the programme at the statistical level of .05