The Effect of the Program on the Health Perceptions and Responsibilities of Immigrant Men on Utiling Healthcare Services

NCT04831463 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2019-91
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aims The study aims to examine the effect of "IHAPIM" program on health perceptions, health responsibilities, perceived stress level, attitudes towards utiling health care services and the types of coping strategies of immigrant men. Design This study is a two centre, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Methods We attempt to report this randomized controlled trial to comply with the SPIRIT. The study population consist of 95 immigrant men live at north of Turkey. The study, between March 2020-March 2021 were held in the two district predominantly immigrants. The participants were randomly divided into experimental and control group. The experimental (N = 49) received a short-term IHAPIM program (5 week, 1 hr per week, 10 hr in total). Measurements were obtained during pre- and post-test from experimental and control group (N = 46). In this study, participants and statistician who conducted the research blinded. Discussion The efficacy of health promotion interventions are known. However, the health promotion interventions for immigrants men performed by public health nurse are not available. At the same time, the effect of health promotion interventions for immigrants men are unknown. Impact This study is expected to provide a piece of credible evidence of the the health promotion interventions for immigrants men performed by public health nurse and efficacy of health perceptions, health responsibilities, perceived stress level, attitudes towards utiling health care services and the types of coping strategies in immigrant men group. It is assumed that health promotion interventions specific to male health and sensitive to the language of immigrants lead to a beneficial results on health perceptions, health responsibilities, perceived stress level, attitudes towards utiling health care services and the types of coping strategies in immigrant men. If "IHAPIM" program perform in practice by public heath nurse. It can be effectively improve immigrant men's health variables such as health perceptions, health responsibilities, perceived stress level, attitudes towards utiling health care services and the types of coping strategies.

Conditions

Health Care Utilization; Men

Keywords

Immigrant Health, Men's Health, Health Promotion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Increasing health perception and responsibility of immigrant men

  After health promotion intervention (IHAPIM) this outcome will obtained

  3 month

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental (N = 49) received a short-term IHAPIM program by one-on-one interview (5 week, 1 hr per week, 10 hr in total).

Behavioral: Increasising Health Awareness Program for Immigrant Men

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Firstly, Pre-tests were applied to the men in the control group. No intervention was applied to this group. Post-tests were made 3 months after finished intervention which applied to experimental group.

Interventions

Increasising Health Awareness Program for Immigrant Men BEHAVIORAL

The IHAPIM program is a health promotion intervention. The aim of intervention improve health perception and responsibilitiy

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: The utiling of healthcare services by immigrant men is lower than immigrant women. Only men were recruited.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Be between the ages of 18 and 50
• Being a male
• No communication barriers
• Being a immigrant
• To be able to read and write Arabic language

You may not qualify if:

• Being younger than 18 or over 50
• Be woman
• Inability to communicate with any problem such as hearing problem, speech impediment
• Living undocumented
• Refusing to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ondokuz Mayıs University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ondokuz Mayis University

Samsun, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Endocrine System Diseases

Study Officials

• İlknur Aydin AVCI, Prof.

  Ondokuz Mayıs University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Metin Yılmaz, Prof.

  Ondokuz Mayıs University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Head of Nursing Department

Model Details: Randomized controlled experimental design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 1, 2021
• First Posted: April 5, 2021
• Study Start: March 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 20, 2020
• Study Completion: March 15, 2021
• Last Updated: April 28, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-04

Locations

TU (1)