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The Effect of Health Literacy Based Practices

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Literacy Level
Registration Number
NCT05677854
Lead Sponsor
Ayşegül Akca
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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
63
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

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Health literacy level (Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children)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.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University

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Ankara, Çubuk/Türkiye, Turkey

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
🇹🇷Ankara, Çubuk/Türkiye, Turkey

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