Behavior Using Online Social Media regarding Health and Media Literacy among the Elderly with Diabetes Mellitus in Bangkok

Abstract

This study aimed to study the online social media uses among elderly people with diabetes mellitus in Bangkok area. Individuals skills on ability of media literacy particular diabetes mellitus disease was explored by using questionnaires. Data collection was done in four hundred respondents, age 60-80 years of age. The result of the first hypothesis testing revealed behaviors of using online social media in different sociodemographic i.e. gender, education level, occupation, chronic disease and physician visit showed difference of manner in using online social media. For the satisfaction of using online social media and different sociodemographic i.e. gender, education level, and income, it showed difference of manner in using online social media. Benefit of using online social media and different sociodemographic i.e. education level, occupation, income and physician visit revealed difference in manner of using online social media. The result of the second hypothesis testing verified the result revealed that different sociodemographic i.e. gender, age, education level, occupation, and income showed different access to social media. The skill to analyze online social media and different sociodemographic i.e. age, education level, occupation, income and physician visit revealed difference in manner of the skill to analyze online social media with statistical significances (p= 0.05).