The Effect of Health Literacy Based Motivational Interviewing and Health Education on Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors of Adolescents
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Health Literacy Level
- Sponsor
- Ayşegül Akca
- Enrollment
- 63
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Health literacy level (Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
It is important to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors such as nutrition and physical activity in adolescence. Health literacy, which is the competence of adolescents to participate in their own health decisions and takes responsibility for health, needs to be developed. Developing healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors with a focus on health literacy is important in terms of maintaining the desired behavior in adulthood. This study aims to examine the effects of health literacy-based motivational interviewing and health education on nutrition and exercise behaviors of adolescents. The research will be conducted with a single-blind randomized controlled experimental design. The population of the research consists of ninth-grade students. It is planned to include 72 people in the research sample according to the power analysis calculation. The research will be carried out with two intervention groups as motivational interview and health education and a control group.
Investigators
Ayşegül Akca
Research Assistant
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Continuing education in 9th grade
- •Volunteering to participate in the research
- •Permission by their families to participate in the research
- •Being at a low or moderate level of health literacy according to the Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children
Exclusion Criteria
- •Have a chronic illness
- •Dieting within a program
- •Doing regular physical activity
- •Having a high level of health literacy according to the Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Health literacy level (Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children)
Time Frame: six months after completion of the intervention
The level of health literacy was evaluated in three categories according to the score obtained: (10-25) points: low health literacy, (26-35) points: moderate health literacy and (36-40) points: high health literacy.