ผลของโปรแกรมเสริมพลังชุมชน ต่อพฤติกรรมการบริโภคอาหารเพื่อป้องกันภาวะไขมันในเลือดสูง ในสตรีมุสลิมกลุ่มที่มีปัจจัยเสี่ยงต่อภาวะไขมันในเลือดสูง

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to examine the effects of a Community Empowerment Program on food consumption behavior to prevent hyperlipidemia in Muslim women who have risk factors for hyperlipidemia. The sample consisted of 60 Muslim women with risk factors for hyperlipidemia in a community in Songkla province. Subjects were purposively selected according to specific qualifications. They were assigned to experimental groups and control groups, 30 per group, by selecting villages in which the population had similar characteristics, lifestyles and community contexts. The experimental group received the Community Empowerment Program for 12 weeks and the control group received usual care. The research instruments included: 1) the Community Empowerment Program, 2) Sample screening form, 3) demographic data and health data form, and 4) Food consumption behavior to prevent hyperlipidemia questionnaire. Instruments were validated for their content by 3 experts. The reliability of food consumption behavior to prevent hyperlipidemia questionnaire was tested by 16 Muslim women with risk factors of hyperlipidemia, using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which yielded the value of 0.74. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired t-test and independent t-test. Results revealed that the posttest mean score of food consumption behavior between the experimental and control group were significantly different (t = 3.59, p <.05). In the experimental group, the mean score of food consumption behavior posttest was significantly higher than that at pretest (t = -12.6, p<.001). The finding of this study indicated that the Community Empowerment Program is effective in modifying food consumption behaviors to prevent high blood cholesterol.