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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2026

Behavioral Segmentation of Integrative Care Use Among Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis in a Rural District in Northern Thailand.

Kitrawee Jiraratsatit, Wijittra Ubolkam, Kaysorn Sumpowthong

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Kitrawee JiraratsatitFaculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand. kitrawee.j@fph.tu.ac.th.
Wijittra UbolkamBan Mae Pa Luang Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Thoen District Public Health Office, Lampang Provincial Public Health Office, Lampang, Thailand.
Kaysorn SumpowthongFaculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand.

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Objectives: To identify behavioral segments of integrative care use among older adults with knee osteoarthritis in a rural district in Northern Thailand and to compare these segments according to PRECEDE-related factors and baseline characteristics. Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study included 302 community-dwelling older adults with primary knee osteoarthritis in Thoen District, Lampang Province, Northern Thailand. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire that assessed demographic and health characteristics, PRECEDE-related factors, and behaviors across 3 care domains: professional medical care, traditional medicine, and community-based medicine. Standardized behavioral domain scores were analyzed using hierarchical cluster analysis, followed by k-means clustering. Differences among segments were examined using chi-square tests, one-way analysis of variance, or Kruskal-Wallis tests, as appropriate. Results: Three behavioral segments were identified: high engagement (20.9%), intermediate engagement (48.0%), and low engagement (31.1%). The 3 behavioral domains differed significantly across segments (all p<0.001; η2=0.400-0.535). Baseline demographic and health characteristics did not differ significantly among segments. In contrast, significant differences among segments were observed for the total enabling score, access, decision-making, total reinforcing score, social support, and attitude, whereas perceived information showed no significant difference. Conclusions: Older adults with knee osteoarthritis were not behaviorally homogeneous in their use of professional, traditional, and community-based care. Segment differences were more pronounced for enabling and reinforcing conditions than for perceived information alone. These findings support segment-informed health promotion strategies in primary care and community settings.

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Integrative MedicineOsteoarthritis, KneeAgedAged, 80 and overCluster AnalysisCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRural PopulationSurveys and QuestionnairesThailandAgedHealth behaviorIntegrative medicineOsteoarthritisPrimary health careThailand

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PMCPMC13469652

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