Effects of Group Activities and Self-care Program on severity of pain, selfefficacy, Decisional Balance and Self-care Behaviors among Rice Farmers with Chronic Low Back Pain

Abstract

This was a quasi-experimental study. The main objective of this study was to effects of group activities and self-care program on severity of pain, perceive of selfefficacy, decisional balance and low back pain (LBP) prevention behavior. Participants were rice farmers living in Phai Lom and Fai Luang sub-districts, Luplae District, Uttaradit province. One hundred and twenty six participants were selected by purposive sampling and following inclusion and exclusion criterions. A set of questionnaires comprised of 4 parts. Participants were conducted of group activities and received self-care program totally 4 weeks (1 time per week). Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic and pair t-test. Statistical significance was inferred at a value of p<0.05
The results showed that most participants were female 89.3% and mean aged 49.9+9.2 years old. After intervention, rice farmers had severity of pain decrease when compared with baseline (p<0.05) For perceive of self-efficacy, decisional balance and LBP prevention behavior were increase significantly (p<0.05) after intervention. The findings may be applied as a practical guideline for health organization and other health personnel for promoting exercise in rice farmers or other groups of farmers with chronic LBP for preventing physical disability in the future.