Impact of Nutrition Education on Knowledge and Beliefs About Dietary Supplements/Herbal Foods

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Interventions: Other: Education

• Registration Number: NCT05645120
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

A two session nutrition education intervention was administered to health professionals and non-health professionals in separate sessions. Nutrition knowledge status was evaluated with comparing the pre-test and post-test values.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of nutrition education intervention of health professionals and non-health professionals about the effectiveness of dietary supplements/herbal foods (DS/HF) in COVID-19. Study design is a cross-sectional study with an education intervention. This study was conducted through online video communication application. Overall, 106 health professionals and 110 non-health professionals completed the study. The education intervention was administered in two sessions, one week apart for both health professionals and non-health professionals separately. Knowledge level of nutrition and COVID-19 and beliefs about DS/HF in the prevention/treatment of COVID-19 were evaluated with a pre-test and post-test setting. Comparison of the groups before and after the intervention was implemented with the McNemar's test.

Basic Information
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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-30
• Study Completion: 2022-03-01
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-01
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 226

Inclusion Criteria

• being 18 to 65 years old
• using social media
• being able to understand Turkish

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Exclusion Criteria

• regular supplement use prior to COVID-19 pandemic
• having a chronic disease that requires dietary supplementation

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Health Professionals	Education	Education intervention for health professionals
Non-health Professionals	Education	Education intervention for non-health professionals

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge Level	2 weeks	Comparison of mean scores from pre-test and post-test

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey