The Effect of Behavior Exchange Program on Risky Behaviors

NCT06541418 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: GUL121312
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 79
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Risky behaviors, which derive their source from features specific to adolescence, may also pose problems in other periods of a person's life and have features that prevent them from becoming responsible adults. These behaviors are defined by Jessor as behaviors that cause personal, social or developmental undesirable consequences and are life-threatening or harmful to health and even actions that can lead to death. Risky behaviors in young people are frequently listed as smoking, alcohol/substance use, nutrition, suicide, school dropout, and destructive behaviors (violence against self/others, etc.). It has been conducted with studies that generally do not take into account the stage of change or accept that all individuals' readiness for behavior change is the same. However, the Transtheoretic Model states that the most appropriate initiatives should be used to facilitate the change in which the individual is at the stage of change. He also states that the initiatives applied without considering the individual's readiness for behavior change develop resistance against behavior change. In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of the behavior change program prepared based on the transtheoretic model on the risky behaviors of university students receiving health education.

Conditions

Risk Behavior

Keywords

risky behavior; transtheoretical model; behavior change

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Risky behaviors scale-university form

  The scale consists of 60 items and sevendimensions such as; antisocial behaviors, smoking, alcohol use, substance use, suicide tendency, eating habitsand school dropout. RDÖUF (RBS-UF) is a Likert-type scale consisting of 60 items and seven dimensions. The five-point scale is answered as "always= 5", "usually= 4", "sometimes= 3", "rarely=2" and "never=1". There is no reverse scored item in the scale. Getting a high score on each dimension indicates a higher level of risk in that dimension.

  1 year

• self-efficacy scale

  For each item on the 23-item scale; 1-" drink what I don't know", 2-"describes me a little", 3-"I'm undecided", 4-" me best defines me", S-"describes me very well" is requested. The score given for each item is taken as a basis. But 2,4,5,6,7, 10, 11, 12,14,16,17,18,20,22. items are scored in the opposite direction. So from the scale a minimum of 23 and a maximum of 115 points can be obtained.The increase in the total score obtained from the scale, the individual's self-efficacy-efficacy It means that the perception is at a good level.

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

As a pre-test, 40 students, who were determined in accordance with the research criteria and assigned to the experimental group, were asked to fill in the Sociodemographic data collection form and SCEÖ. Before the planned program, students were sent an e-mail and the program days and times were specified. 4 groups of 10 people were formed. Transtheoretic Model Based Behavior Change Program consisting of 7 sessions was given. At the end of the program, the Risky Behavior Evaluation Scale, which was included in the RSS-ÜF, Behavior Change Stages Short Questionnaire, SEYÖ and Soyodemographic data collection form, was applied again. Follow-up was done with the same measurement tools 3 months after the end of the program.

Behavioral: Transtheoretic Model Based Behavior Change Program

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

As a pre-test, 40 students who were determined in accordance with the research criteria and assigned to the control group were asked to fill in the Sociodemographic data collection form and SCEÖ. For the posttest and 3-month follow-up, the Risky Behavior Evaluation Scale, which was included in the RSS-ÜF, Behavior Change Stages Short Question Form, SEEÖ and Soyodemographic data collection form, was applied again. After the Transtheoretical Model-Based Behavior Change Program given to the experimental group ended, a 1-day training program on changing risky behaviors was applied to the control group in September 2021. All students in the experimental group participated in the program.

Interventions

Transtheoretic Model Based Behavior Change Program BEHAVIORAL

The Behavior Change Program was implemented in 7 sessions of 50 minutes, once a week. Each session in the Behavior Change Program; The warm-up exercise consisted of giving general information about the purpose and the main theme of the session, discussion and feedback on the subject, and the planning of the next week, and a closing process. The Transtheoretic Model Based Behavior Change Program was prepared by the researcher with reference to the behavior change programs in the literature and the elements of the Transtheoretic model.

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 33 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Getting a high score on the Risk Behavior Modification-University Form scale
• Stages of change being Thinking or Preparation,
• Being over the age of 18,
• Not having major-active psychiatric disease,
• Having Turkish literacy skills

You may not qualify if:

• who refused to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul Medipol University Hospital: lead
• Medipol University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Istanbul Medipol University

Istanbul, Beykoz, 34810, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Risk-Taking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Leyla KÜÇÜK, 2

  Istanbul Cerrahpaşa University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Experimental and control groups were masked in the study.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2022
• First Posted: August 7, 2024
• Study Start: October 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: April 15, 2021
• Study Completion: July 15, 2021
• Last Updated: August 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)