Effect of Comic-Based Education on Attitudes Toward Patient Rights

NCT07772999 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: COMIC-2026-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 76
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether comic-based education improves attitudes toward the use of patient rights among adults receiving inpatient care. The main question is whether patients who receive comic-based patient rights education have more positive attitudes toward using their patient rights than patients who receive routine verbal and written patient rights education. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The intervention group will receive an approximately 15-minute, individual, face-to-face patient rights education session using a comic-based educational brochure. The control group will receive the hospital's routine patient rights education, consisting of verbal and written information provided by clinical nurses for approximately 15 minutes. Attitudes toward the use of patient rights will be measured before and immediately after the education in both groups.

Conditions

Patient Rights

Keywords

Patient Education; Comic-Based Education; Patient Attitudes; Educational Brochure; Inpatients; Health Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Post-Intervention Patient Rights Utilization Attitude Scale Score

  Attitudes toward the use of patient rights will be assessed using the Patient Rights Utilization Attitude Scale. The scale consists of 29 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Total scores range from 29 to 145, with higher scores indicating more positive attitudes toward using patient rights. The primary analysis will compare post-intervention scores between the intervention and control groups while adjusting for baseline scores.

  Immediately after the approximately 15-minute educational intervention

Study Arms (2)

Comic-Based Patient Rights Education

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants assigned to this arm will receive a single, individual, face-to-face patient rights education session using a comic-based educational brochure developed in accordance with the Turkish Patient Rights Regulation. The education will be delivered by the researcher and will last approximately 15 minutes. The brochure will be provided to the participant after the education.

Behavioral: Comic-Based Patient Rights Education

Routine Patient Rights Education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants assigned to this arm will receive the hospital's routine patient rights education. The education will be provided individually by clinical nurses through verbal information supported by the institution's standard written educational materials and will last approximately 15 minutes.

Behavioral: Routine Patient Rights Education

Interventions

Comic-Based Patient Rights Education BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive a single, individual, face-to-face patient rights education session using a comic-based educational brochure developed in accordance with the Turkish Patient Rights Regulation. The education will be delivered by the researcher and will last approximately 15 minutes. The brochure presents patient rights through visual narratives and short patient-nurse dialogues and will be provided to the participant after the education.

Comic-Based Patient Rights Education

Routine Patient Rights Education BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive the hospital's routine patient rights education provided individually by clinical nurses. The education will consist of verbal information supported by the institution's standard written educational materials and will last approximately 15 minutes.

Routine Patient Rights Education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 18 years or older.
• Hospitalized in an internal medicine or surgical clinic.
• Able to read and write in Turkish.
• No diagnosed psychiatric disorder.
• No visual, hearing, speech, or communication impairment that would prevent reading and understanding the educational material or completing the study questionnaires.
• Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Requiring emergency medical intervention.
• Being hemodynamically unstable.
• Being in a critical clinical condition.
• Having a clinical condition that, in the judgment of the clinical team, makes participation in the educational intervention or data collection inappropriate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Abant Izzet Baysal University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Education

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adherence Interventions; Medication Adherence; Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Lütfiye Nur Uzun, Associate Professor

CONTACT

05441088353; nuruzun53@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Participants will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to one of two parallel groups using block randomization with a block size of four. The intervention group will receive comic-based patient rights education, while the control group will receive routine verbal and written patient rights education. Participants will remain in their assigned group throughout the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 14, 2026
• First Posted: August 19, 2026
• Study Start: September 1, 2026
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 30, 2026
• Last Updated: August 19, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share