Effectiveness of Health Literacy Education for Nursing Students in Turkey
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Health Literacy Level
- Sponsor
- Ayşegül Akca
- Enrollment
- 206
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Health literacy level (the Turkey's Health Literacy Scale (THLS-32))
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
To determine the effect of health literacy education given to nursing students. The study was conducted at two university nursing departments in Turkey between December 2018 and March 2019. A total of 206 nursing students, 103 in the intervention and 103 in the control group, were included in the study. Health literacy education, consisting of four sessions, was given to the intervention group.
Investigators
Ayşegül Akca
Research Assistant
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Inadequate (0-25 points) health literacy level
- •Problematic-limited (25-33 points) health literacy level
- •Accepting to participate in the research
- •Accepting to participate in the research
Exclusion Criteria
- •Adequate (33-42 points) health literacy level
- •Excellent (42-50 points) health literacy level
- •Foreign language students with limited language proficiency
- •Visual-hearing disability
- •Having a neuropsychiatric disease
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Health literacy level (the Turkey's Health Literacy Scale (THLS-32))
Time Frame: three months after the implementation.
The health literacy levels of the students who received and did not receive the intervention were compared. The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (0-25) points: inadequate health literacy, (\> 25-33) points: problematic - limited health literacy, (\> 33-42) points: adequate health literacy, and (\> 42-50) points: excellent health literacy.