ปัจจัยมีที่มีผลต่อการตัดสินใจเลือกใช้กัญชาทางการแพทย์ของผู้รับบริการ ด้านการแพทย์แผนไทยในสถานพยาบาลคัดสรร
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This cross-sectional research aimed to explore a level of decision making on utilization of medical cannabis and investigate factors associated with decision making on utilization of medical cannabis of people receiving the treatments. The 189 people from five hospitals that provides Thai traditional treatment were samples in this study and were selected by multi-stage sampling. Questionnaires were used to collect data. The content validity of the questionnaire was examined by three experts the Item-Objective Congruence was indicated between 0.67-1.00. The reliability of perceptions on herbal medicines and of decision making on the utilization of medical Cannabis questionnaire was examined yielding a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.80 and 0.87. Data analysis was used descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis with enter method. The research findings indicate that decision making on utilization of medical cannabis of samples was in good level (Mean= 3.76, SD.= 0.53). The results of hypothesis test revealed that personal factors such as age, education level, careers, income, knowledge on medical cannabis and influenced factors such as medical cannabis information obtained, recommendation from people, perception on general herbs were associated for the level of decision on utilization of medical cannabis of people receiving treatment in Thai traditional hospitals (p-value < .05) and the all independent factors were capable of explaining 88.30% of variation in the making decision on utilization of medical cannabis (R2 =0.684, F =7.718, p<.05). Recommendations from this study that more strategies are arranged to offer medical cannabis education from media and medical personnel in various channels in order to enhance people’s decision on utilization of medical cannabis. The research results suggest that health care services could provide training for people and could be more providing the strategies to promote the medical cannabis education through social media and health care providers in various platforms in order to enhance people’s decision on utilization of medical cannabis.
Language: Thai
Subfield: Pharmacology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7219445708