Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases are among the three most important causes of death worldwide, including in Thailand and in Chai Nat Province. This one-group prepost test design of quasi-experimental research was conducted in order to study the effectiveness of the cardiovascular risk reduction model of Nongkhoon Primary Care Unit, Amphur Watsing, Chai Nat Province. The study sample included 129 residents aged 35 to 60 years, living in the vicinity under the responsibility of the Nongkhoon Primary Care Unit; they were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires, i.e., the pre-test data were collected in the month of March 2006 and post-data in September 2006. The statistical analyses were descriptive, such as percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation, and analytic statistics by paired t-test and multiple regression. The results revealed that pre- and post-data disclosed that all samples had normal blood pressure and body mass index. Men had a low health risk, while women had a high health risk. Pre-test data denoted a low level of self-care practice for prevention of cardiovascular risks and post-test data had a medium level. All parameters, i.e., blood pressure, body mass index, health risks and the practice of self-care for reducing cardiovascular risks both pre- and post-data, yielded significant correlations at a p-value of
