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Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative Medicine   Vol. 10 No. 1 January-April 2012   51





            Abstract

            The association between Thai Traditional Medicine Dhammanamai Health Promotion
            Program and quality of life in diabetes patients in Kantharalak district, Si Sa Ket
            province
            Prapa Pithaksa and Pannasuk Salitool
            Kantharalak Hospital, Kantharalak District, Si Sa Ket Province

               This is a quasi-experimental study designed to assess the quality of life (QOL) of 676 of diabetes patients
            receiving the dhammanamai health promotion program. Of all the patients, 385 were in the intervention group
            receiving the health promotion program twice, 2 months apart. The control group was comprised of 291 patients
            receiving the usual care. The quality of life of the subjects was assessed using the WHO Quality of Life-BREF. The
            percentage, paired samples t-test, and independent t-test were used for data analysis.
               The paired t-test showed moderate quality of life in both groups. The intervention group had significantly
            greater quality of life than the control group in terms of emotional, social, and environmental well-being (p<0.05).
            The effect of dhammanamai health promotion program on the increase in the QOL of diabetes patients was not
            clearly observed as the QOL scores of both pre- and post-study observations were also moderate.
               In conclusion, the dhammanamai health promotion program can be an alternative for improving the QOL in
            terms of emotional, social, and environmental well-being of diabetes patients.

            Keywords:  diabetes patients, quality of life, traditional Thai medicine, dhammanamai health promotion program
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