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Abstract

The objectives of this research are to study the Health Knowledge, Health Attitude, behavior of the patient’s using Thai Traditional Medicine and the Influence of Health Knowledge and Attitude effecting to Patient’s Using Behavior Thai Traditional Medicine. The samples of this study were patient’s using in Public Hospitals, Songkhla Province, who had used and unused Thai Traditional Medicine. The samples of this study were 385 respondents. Data collection was performed by using questionnaires. Research data was statistically analyzed to determine frequency, percentage, average and standard deviations. The Influence was analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The research determined the statistical significance level of 0.05. The results show that the Health Knowledge of Patient’s using Thai Traditional Medicine had a high level (mean 3.83), Health Attitude is highest level (mean 4.22), And Patient’s using behaviour Thai Traditional Medicine at low level (mean 2.18). Multiple regression analysis was performed health knowledge (Beta = 0.24) and health attitude (Beta = 0.06) were predicted to be influenced the prevalence of behaviour of the patient’s using Thai Traditional Medicine at 9.60 percent (R2= 0.096). But the results show that the Beta, Health Attitude had no effect to Patient’s using behaviour Thai Traditional Medicine (Sig. 0.35), Health Knowledge can predict behaviour of the patient’s using Thai Traditional Medicine significant difference levels of 0.05