Effect of Fertility Health Education Program on Fertility Health Knowledge and Healthy Life Awareness

NCT06639269 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: AU-IHS-REK-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 133
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was planned to examine the effect of the fertility health education program given to young people on fertility health knowledge and healthy life awareness. The study was planned to be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study in the pre-test-post-test order. The population of the research will consist of students studying at Gaziantep University Naci Topçuoğlu Vocational School in the 2024-2025 academic year. The research sample was calculated as a minimum of 64 people per group (experimental and control group) and 128 people in total. Considering the possible losses that may occur during the research process, a total of 146 students are planned to be accepted. Data in the research; It will be collected through "Introductory Information Form", "Fertility Health Information Scale", "Healthy Life Awareness Scale" and "Training Program Satisfaction Survey". In the research, the Fertility Health Education Program consisting of 3 sessions will be applied to the intervention group, and the control group will be informed about the research process and the data collection forms to be used. Data collection forms will be applied to students in both groups before and after the training. In the analysis of the data; mean±standard deviation and median (minimum-maximum) will be used for quantitative variables as descriptors, and the number of patients (percentage) will be used for qualitative variables. Student-t test, Mann-Whitney U test, One Way ANOVA test, Kruskal Wallis H test, Chi-square and Fisher exact tests will be used in the analysis, depending on the assumption of normal distribution. Risk factors affecting the qualitative dependent variable will be examined with Logistic Regression analysis. The statistical significance level will be taken as 0.05.

Conditions

Youth; Education; Fertility

Keywords

youth; education; Fertility Health Information; Healthy Life Awareness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Fertility Health Information Level

  Fertility Health Information Scale. The scale consists of 30 items and has a single factor structure. Responses to the items related to the scale are in the five-point Likert type (5-definitely yes; 4-probably yes; 3-undecided; 2-probably no; 1-definitely no). The 20th item is reverse coded in the evaluation. Then, the responses are classified as "correct" or "incorrect". Those who mark the option "definitely yes" and "probably yes" are accepted as correct. The knowledge level is expressed as a percentage based on the scale items and their total.

  6 months

• Healthy Life Awareness

  Healthy Life Awareness Scale is a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 4 sub-dimensions and 15 items. It consists of the sub-dimensions of change (items 1-5), socialization (items 6-9), responsibility (items 10-12), and nutrition (items 13-15). The lowest score to be obtained from the scale is 15, the highest score is 75. A high score from the scale is evaluated as a high level of healthy life awareness.

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

control group

NO INTERVENTION

All those who remain will be asked to fill out the Introductory Information Form, Fertility Health Information Scale and Healthy Life Awareness Scale during the pre-test phase. 6 weeks after the pre-test, the authorized person in the control groups will be contacted and expected to complete the Fertility Health Information Scale and Healthy Life Awareness Scale. The control group will not receive training.

educational program intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

The "Fertility Health Education Program", which will be created in line with literature information, will be applied to the intervention group. Participants selected for the intervention group will be divided into groups of 10-15 people. Participants in each group will be informed about the date, time and location of the education program through methods suitable for the student; e-mail, phone or message. The education program will consist of 3 sessions. Education sessions will be planned on days and times when the researcher, classrooms and students are available. For students who cannot attend group education, make-up education will be provided within a week. In this study, the interval between sessions will be planned as 1 week. Group education will be planned according to the times when the students are available. PowerPoint presentation, models, booklets and brochures will be used in the education sessions.

Other: fertility health education program

Interventions

fertility health education program OTHER

The intervention group will be implemented with a "fertility health education program" for which a literature information document will be created. In the training; booklets and brochures will be prepared. The control unit will include information on programming and data collection forms to be used. Those selected from the intervention group will be divided into groups of 10-15 people. The training program will consist of 3 sessions. Training sessions will be planned on days and hours that are convenient for the researcher, classrooms and students. For students who cannot attend group training, make-up training will be provided within a week. In this study, the time between sessions will be planned as 1 week. The sessions in this study will be planned to be in groups of 10-15 people and will last 50 minutes.

Also known as: fertility health education, education program

educational program intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Between the ages of 18-24,
• Unmarried,
• Not having children,
• Not being pregnant or having a pregnant partner (for men)
• Not having a condition that would prevent communication (visual, hearing impairment, etc.),
• Not working on education regarding fertility health and/or healthy living awareness,
• Not having chronic children,
• Volunteers to participate in the research.

You may not qualify if:

• Those who could not continue the research for any reason,
• Those who did not participate in all the implemented initiatives,
• Those who did not fill out the data collection tools.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ankara University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Gaziantep University, Naci Topçuoğlu Vocational School

Gaziantep, Şehitkamil, 27600, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Early Intervention, Educational

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Health Services; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Preventive Health Services

Study Officials

• Funda Ozdemir, Assoc. Prof.

  Ankara University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: REGISTERED NURSE, PhD student

Model Details: In our study, we will have two groups: control and intervention. A 3-session fertility health education program will be applied to the students in the intervention group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2024
• First Posted: October 15, 2024
• Study Start: October 14, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 13, 2024
• Study Completion: December 14, 2024
• Last Updated: February 21, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)