Factors Influencing Health Behavior in accordance with Anti-Aging Lifestyle of Personnel at Sakaeo Crown Prince Hospital

Abstract

            This cross-sectional analytical study examined anti-aging health behaviors and influencing factors among 298 personnel (aged 35–59) at Crown Prince Sa Kaeo Hospital, selected via multi-stage sampling. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire (reliability 0.80-0.94) and analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression.

            Overall health behavior was at a moderate level (mean = 3.55, S.D. = 0.60), despite 62.4% having high knowledge and all psychosocial variables (attitude, environment, social support, motivation) at high levels, indicating a significant Knowledge-Practice Gap. Dimensional analysis revealed physical activity (mean = 3.07) and nutrition (mean = 3.12) as the lowest dimensions, significantly lower than all others           (p< 0.001), while avoiding toxins scored highest (mean = 4.06). An Education Paradox was observed: higher education was associated with lower health behavior scores [F(2,295) = 8.682, p<0.001]. Significant influencing factors included social support (beta = 0.275), motivation (beta = 0.252), marital status (beta = 0.128), education (beta = -0.184), BMI (beta = -0.170), and income sufficiency (beta = -0.108), jointly explaining 40.6% of variance (R2 = 0.406, p<0.001).

            The knowledge-practice gap in nutrition and physical activity requires urgent intervention through workload management and organizational peer-support systems, rather than knowledge dissemination alone.