Abstract:
This study aimed to examine the relationship between gender, age, education level, depression, perceived benefits of action, perceived self-efficacy, social support, and health-promoting behaviors in persons with hematologic malignancies after stem cell transplantation. Penders Health Promotion Model was used as a conceptual framework. The sample consisted of 107 individuals who had undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within the past year. These individuals received follow-up treatment at the outpatient departments of state-affiliated hospitals with blood stem cell transplantation centers located in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Data were collected between September to November 2023 using six sets of questionnaires. The questionnaires elicited personal information, depression levels, perceived benefits, perceived self-efficacy, social support, and health-promoting behaviors. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics, including percentages, means, standard deviations, Eta correlation, Spearman rank correlation, and Pearsons product-moment correlation coefficient. The results indicated that the overall health-promoting behaviors were at a high level. ( X = 3.45, SD. = .37) Perceived self-efficacy, perceived benefits of action, social support, and female gender were positively associated with health-promoting behaviors at a significant level. (r = .525, .488, .428, and .151 respectively; p