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LUKKHANA WORAPONGPAT : THE EFFECT OF CHANTING AND DHAMMA REVIEW PROGRAM WITH BUDDHIST MEDICINE ON STRESS LEVELS OF FEMALE PRIS ONERS IN NAKHON PHANOM CENTRAL PRISON AT NAKHON PHANOM PROVINCE . MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAM IN Public Health, Surin Rajabhat University . Academic Year 2017 . Advisor : DR . Unnop Napthuetrong AND DR . ATIPORN THONGLAW 16 7 P . Abstract The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of a chanting and dhamma review program with Buddhist medicine on stress levels of female prisoners . This research was pre - exp erimental research, using a one - group pretest - posttest design . The sample group comprised 30 female prisoners from the Nakhon Phanom Central Prison , Nakhon Phanom province . The participants were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria established by the researchers . The participants were measured the stress level at the pretest using the stress measurement method called SPST - 20 by Mental Health Department . For four weeks and seven days a week , they participated in the chanting and dhamma review program with Buddhist medicine . After the treatment, they were given a posttest, which was identical to the pretest . The obtained data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean score, and standard deviation . The pretest and posttest scores were analyzed using a paired sample t - test , at the level of . 05 . The results revealed that : 1 . At the pretest, the stress of female prisoners was at a