Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to examine self-care behaviors of working-age
people, living in Chachoengsao Municipality and to investigate factors affecting their self-care
behaviors. The subjects participating in this study were 400 working people, aged 20-60, living
in Chachoengsao Municipality. The instrument used to collect the data was a questionnaire. The
statistical tests used to analyze the collected data included frequency, percentage, mean, standard
deviation, multiple regressions analysis with dummy variables.
The results of the study revealed that, first, a level of self-care behaviors of
working-age people, living in Chachoengsao Municipality was at a high level. When considering
each aspect of self-care behaviors, the one in relation to basic and necessary self-care behavior
was rated with the highest mean score, followed by the aspects relating to self-care behaviors
when there was health deterioration, and self-care behaviors based of age development,
respectively. All of these aspects were rated at a high level by the subjects. Finally, the factors in
relation to marital status, health belief model, and social support significantly affected self-care
behaviors of working-age people, living in Chachoengsao Municipality at a significant level of
.05,.01, and.01, respectively.