Different Education Methods and Self Vulvar Examination (SVE)

NCT07479459 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: E-56365223-050.04-2025.137548.
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 105
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to increase students' awareness about Self-Vulvar Examination (SVE), and to evaluate the effect of a peer education module and an educational brochure on students' knowledge and behaviors related to SVE. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does providing peer education module and an educational brochure about SVE increase students' knowledge levels regarding SVE?
• Does providing peer education module and an educational brochure about SVE increase students' behaviors of practice SVE? Researchers will compare the peer education module and educational brochure regarding KKVM with a control group to determine whether it has an impact on students' knowledge and behavior about KKVM. Students; After the pretest, they will learn about KKVM through a peer education module or educational brochure, or they will be in the control group. Three months later, a posttest will assess their knowledge and behaviors about KKVM.

Conditions

Vulvar Self-Examination; Health Knowledge,Practices,Attitudes; Vulva Disease

Keywords

Vulvar Self-Examination; Health Education; Peer Education Model; Vulvar Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• VSE Behavior Determination Form

  This form consists of two questions prepared to determine the students' VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination) practices and their reasons for not performing it."

  Baseline, 3 months post-intervention

• Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form

  This form contains 16 questions aimed at determining the students' knowledge about vulvar health.

  Baseline, 3 months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• VSE Behavior and Satisfaction with the Educational Brochure Form

  3 months post-intervention

• Satisfaction with the Peer Education Module Form

  3 months post-intervention

Study Arms (3)

Intervention 1 ( Brochure Group)

EXPERIMENTAL

It consists of second-year nursing students. A brochure prepared about VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination) will be distributed to this group. Before the brochure is distributed, a pre-test, consisting of the Personal Information Form and the Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form, will be administered. After the form application, the brochures will be distributed, and a 3-month follow-up will be conducted. At the end of the 3-month period, the VSE Knowledge Form and the VSE Behavior and Satisfaction with the Educational Brochure Form will be administered to the second-year students as a post-test.

Behavioral: Brochure

Intervention 2 (Peer Education Group)

EXPERIMENTAL

In the peer education module, first-year nursing students will be provided with a 35-minute presentation, which we prepared, on Vulvar Health and VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination). Following the training, the 'Satisfaction with the Peer Education Module Form' will be administered to the students. The Intervention 2 group will also have a 3-month follow-up period. At the end of the 3 months, the 'Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form' and the 'VSE Behavior Determination Form' will be transmitted online as a post-test, and the post-test data will be collected.

Behavioral: Peer Education

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Preparatory students were randomly selected as the control group. The pre-tests were sent to the preparatory students online. As a post-test, the 'Vulvar Health and VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination) Knowledge Form' and the 'VSE Behavior Determination Form' will be administered online at the end of the 3-month follow-up period.

Other: Control

Interventions

Brochure BEHAVIORAL

A brochure about the Vulvar Self-Examination (VSE) will be distributed to this group, and a three-month follow-up will be conducted. At the end of the three-month period, a posttest will be administered to second-year students to measure changes in knowledge and behavior.

Intervention 1 ( Brochure Group)

Peer Education BEHAVIORAL

Following the peer education, students will also have a 3-month follow-up period. At the end of the 3 months, the post-test data will be collected o measure changes in knowledge and behavior.

Intervention 2 (Peer Education Group)

Control OTHER

The pre-tests were sent to the control group. As a post-test, will be administered online at the end of the 3-month follow-up period.

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being a female student in the Yeditepe University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing
• Not having had a previous vulvar mass or cancer
• Not having any communication barriers
• Being able to read and understand Turkish
• Having a mobile phone with internet access.

You may not qualify if:

• Not being a female student in the Yeditepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department
• Having previously had a vulvar mass or cancer
• Having any communication barriers
• Not being able to read or understand Turkish
• Not having a mobile phone with internet access

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yeditepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yeditepe University

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Bevilacqua F, Selk A, Stockdale C, Vieira-Baptista P, Adedipe T, Bohl T, Marozio L, Borella F, Gallio N, Pollano B, Robba E, Barbierato I, Benedetto C, Preti M. The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD) Vulvar Awareness Day Campaign: Knowledge of Vulvovaginal Diseases Among Italian Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2024 Jan 1;28(1):91-94. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000777. Epub 2023 Nov 8.

  PMID: 37906606 BACKGROUND

• Selk A, Elangainesan P, Tannenbaum E, Wong K. "Check Your Vulva"-A Patient Education and Virtual Vulva Care Pilot Project. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2023 Oct 1;27(4):390-394. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000770.

  PMID: 37729049 BACKGROUND

• Dundar T, Aksu H, Gercek Oter E, Toptas Acar B, Ozsoy S. Development and Effectiveness of a Mobile Application for Vulvar Self-examination: A Quasi-Experimental Study. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2024 Oct 1;28(4):365-370. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000835.

  PMID: 40411888 BACKGROUND

• Muigai J, Jacob L, Dinas K, Kostev K, Kalder M. Potential delay in the diagnosis of vulvar cancer and associated risk factors in women treated in German gynecological practices. Oncotarget. 2018 Jan 3;9(9):8725-8730. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23848. eCollection 2018 Feb 2.

  PMID: 29492231 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Vulvar Diseases; Health Education

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Genital Diseases, Female; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Adherence Interventions; Medication Adherence; Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

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: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 17, 2025
• First Posted: March 18, 2026
• Study Start: January 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: March 18, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)