E-Health Literacy, Digital Literacy, Healthy Lifestyle and Web Based Education for Young Old Individuals

NCT06022185 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Zeynep1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A healthy lifestyle is defined as knowing and controlling all the behaviors that may affect the health of the individual and regulating his daily activities by choosing the appropriate behaviors for his/her own health status. While many factors are effective on healthy lifestyle behaviors, health literacy is one of these factors. One of the health literacy measurement tools is e-health literacy. E-health literacy is "the ability to search for, find, understand, evaluate health information from electronic sources and apply this information to addressing or solving a health problem. Digital literacy is the ability of an individual to access, select, use, criticize and evaluate information in new and developing digital technologies. In this respect, the importance of digital literacy is an undeniable fact in the health sector and is thought to be related to e-health literacy. In this direction, this research was planned to evaluate the effect of web-based education to be given to young and old individuals on e-health literacy, digital literacy and healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Conditions

Healthy Lifestyle

Keywords

Elderly E-Health Digital Literacy Healthy Lifestyle

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Pre-Test Data Collection

  The research pre-test data will be collected by the researcher between September 2023 and October 2023 by obtaining the contact information of the individuals registered and included in the study at Iğdır 14 Kasım Family Health Center and No. 1 Family Health Center. Persons in the experimental and control groups in the collection of data; "Personal Information Form", "E-Health Literacy Scale", "Acquiring Health Information in Digital Environment and Confirmation Scale", "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale-II" will be applied. For the e-Health Literacy Scale The highest score is 40 and the lowest score is 8. The highest score that can be obtained for the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II (SYBDS II) is 52, and the lowest score is 208. The score obtained from the Scale for Obtaining and Confirming Health Information in the Digital Environment is between 1 and 5 is changing

  Time frame: One or two months

• Collection of Post-Test Data

  For the experimental group, training videos related to the topics prepared in line with the training guide will be prepared every week for 6 weeks and uploaded to the web system and shared on whatsapp at the same time. Feedback will be received by creating interactive communication environments.After the trainings are over, the post-test data will be collected after a total of 1 and a half months without any follow-up process. It is planned to collect the post-test data between November 2023 and December 2023 in Iğdır 14 Kasım Family Health Center.Persons in the experimental and control groups in the collection of data; "Personal Information Form", "E-Health Literacy Scale", "Acquiring Health Information in Digital Environment and Confirmation Scale", "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale-II" will be applied.

  Time frame: one or two months

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Web Based E-Health Literacy, Digital Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Training

Diagnostic Test: Web Based Training on E-health Literacy, Digital Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors.

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No action will be taken.

Interventions

Web Based Training on E-health Literacy, Digital Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors. DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

In the trainings planned for elderly individuals, digital literacy and e-health literacy levels will be improved, knowledge and awareness levels of elderly individuals will be increased and they will be provided with information in this direction. healthy lifestyle behaviors. Personal information form, "E-Health Literacy Scale", "Acquisition and Confirmation of Health Information in Digital Environment Scale", "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale-II" will be used in the research.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 74 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Volunteering to Participate in Research
• Being between the ages of 65-74
• Being literate in Turkish
• Having a computer or mobile phone and internet connection at home
• Being able to use Whatsapp
• Not having a visual or auditory health problem that would prevent participation in the study.
• No communication barrier

You may not qualify if:

• Having a visual and auditory health problem that will prevent participation in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Igdir University: lead
• Ataturk University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Igdir University

Iğdır, 76000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Zeynep YILDIRIM, Doctorate

  Igdir University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Teaching Assistant

Model Details: A total of 70 people, 35 in the experimental group and 35 in the control group, will be included in the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 14, 2023
• First Posted: September 1, 2023
• Study Start: September 10, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 6, 2024
• Study Completion: August 6, 2024
• Last Updated: August 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Locations

TU (1)