THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TO PREVENT FROZEN JOINTS SYNDROME IN ELDERLY AGE

Abstract

This research aims to develop an application to promote physical therapy knowledge to prevent frozen joints syndrome in elderly age and study the satisfaction level of users after using the application. People in the sample group are 377 elders in the Dusit district. The satisfaction feedback was inquired by users of the application. The population are 20,590 citizens in Dusit district, and the sample group contains 377 of them taken according to the table of Krejcie & Morgan. The tool used in this research are evaluation form of 5 levels. Statistics tools used in this study are Mean and Percentage. It was found that the majority of respondents were female and were highly satisfied with the application usage in terms of data presentation, font size, background color of the app, attractiveness of the display, pictures used in the app were rated satisfactory and overall utility of the application was excellent. Most of the elders expected to apply the gained knowledge and tips from the application to their daily life to help prevent them from being handicapped during the elderly age.