The Effect of Health Literacy Education
- Conditions
- Health Literacy Level
- Interventions
- Other: Education
- Registration Number
- NCT06231667
- Lead Sponsor
- Gazi University
- Brief Summary
The study was conducted with a parallel group randomized controlled experimental design to evaluate the effect of health literacy education given in early adolescence on the health literacy of adolescents. The population of the study consisted of 6th and 7th grade (12-13 years old) students studying in a secondary school in Ankara. Power analysis was used to determine the sample size. A total of 80 adolescents who met the inclusion criteria were included in the sample.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Consent by the student's family
- Volunteering to participate in the research
- Having a low level of health literacy
- Read and write Turkish
- Have a moderate or high level of health literacy
- Physical/mental disability or illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Education Education The health literacy training was implemented in a total of 4 sessions, each session lasting 30 minutes, with an interval of one week. Various teaching methods and techniques were used in the trainings.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health Literacy Level (School Age Children Health Literacy Scale) three month after the education Health literacy level was evaluated in three groups: low health literacy (10-25 points), moderate health literacy (26-35 points) and (36-40) points: high health literacy (36-40 points). Intervention and control groups were selected among the students with low health literacy levels.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Gazi University
🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey