Microplastica Pollution Awareness Level of Students

NCT06127862 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FU-PHN-FU-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to raise awareness among individuals about plastic and microplastica pollution, reduce plastic consumption, reduce the amount of plastic waste that grows cumulatively every year, and contribute to the development of a livable environment.

Conditions

Environmental-Pollution-Related Condition

Keywords

Enviromental health; Microplastics; Student

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Microplastica Pollution Awareness Scale

  MPAS has a 3-factor structure. It consists of 5 negative and 9 positive items. The questions were prepared to measure the level of awareness of microplastica pollution. The Likert scale consists of 1 point= "no", 2 points= "not sure" and 3 points= "yes" options. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 42 points. The increase in the score obtained from the scale is consistent with the participant's awareness of microplastica pollution

  3 MONTHS

Study Arms (2)

Education group

OTHER

The forms used in the study were collected by the researcher through face-to-face interviews in seminar halls in schools. First of all, students in the experimental group were educated about environmental health and microplastica, and nursing interventions were made. The training was organized for twenty minutes in each session, with a total of four sessions at two-week intervals. Personal Information Form and Microplastica Pollution Awareness Scale (MPAS) were filled out as a pre-test in the seminar halls of the schools under the supervision of the researcher.

Other: Education group

Control group

OTHER

Personal information form and Microplastica Pollution Awareness Scale (MPAS)" were applied to the students in the control group as a pre-test. No training was given to the control group. Fifteen days after the end of the fourth training of the intervention group, the MPAS was applied to the control group as a post-test, and data collection was terminated. After the post-test was administered to the groups, training materials were also given to individuals from the control group who requested them.

Other: No training was given

Interventions

Education group OTHER

Students in the experimental group were educated about environmental health and microplastica, and nursing interventions were made. The training was organized for twenty minutes in each session, with a total of four sessions at two-week intervals.

Education group

No training was given OTHER

No training was given

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• age group of 13-15 years,
• th-grade students,
• without any intellectual disability,
• with parental consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Previous or current participation in an MPAS training,
• Inability to obtain parental consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Firat University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Firat University

Elâzığ, 23119, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• FATOŞ UNCU, PhD

  Firat University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants were assigned to the groups by a single-blind design. For allocation, intervention and control groups were coded as "A" and "B". Which letter would be the intervention or control group was determined by the coin toss method before the allocation.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Model Details: This research is a randomised control study with pretest-posttest design.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 8, 2023
• First Posted: November 13, 2023
• Study Start: December 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 15, 2023
• Study Completion: June 28, 2023
• Last Updated: November 15, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)