The Effect of Web Based Genital Hygiene Education Provided to Orthopedically Disabled Women

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Disability Physical; Genital Infection
• Interventions: Other: web based education

• Registration Number: NCT04723381
• Lead Sponsor: Siirt University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of web-based genital hygiene education provided to orthopedically disabled women on self care agency and genital hygiene behaviors.

Detailed Description

It was a randomized controlled trial. The women in the experimental group were given web-based genital hygiene education that continued for seven weeks. No intervention was applied to the women in the control group.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-01
• Study Completion: 2020-07-10
• Status Verified: 2021-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-01-25
• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

• Being orthopedically handicapped
• Being literate, being over the age of 18
• Having access to the internet
• Being able to use the internet/computer
• Being able to maintain genital hygiene individually.

Exclusion Criteria

• The inability to use the internet
• Not being a member of the website
• Having mental retardation
• Being dependent on someone else to maintain genital hygiene (bedridden, with spasticity)
• No willing to complete the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	web based education	Partivipants recieved web based genital hygiene education for seven week

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Introductory Questionnaire	Baseline	The introductory questionnaire created for descriptive expressions
Change from the Baseline Self-Care Agency Scale Points at 7th and 15th weeks	Baseline, at the end of the 7th week, at the end of the 15th week	Self-Care Agency Scale was used to determine the self-care skills and abilities of the participants. It is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 35 items. Each item of the scale is scored between 0 and 4 (0= very uncharacteristic of me, 4= very characteristic of me). In the scale, 8 items (3, 6, 9, 13, 19, 22, 26, and 31) are scored reversely (0= very characteristic of me, 4= very uncharacteristic of me). The scale is evaluated over 140 points. In evaluation, the score over 120 points is defined as high, the score between 82 and 120 points is defined as moderate, and the score below 82 points is defined as low.
Change from the Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale Points at 7th and 15th weeks	Baseline, at the end of the 7th week, at the end of the 15th week	The Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale was used to determine the genital hygiene behaviors of the participants.It is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 23 items consisting of three sub-dimensions. The sub-dimensions of the scale are "General Hygiene (the first 12 items)", "Menstrual Hygiene (items between 13 and 20), and "Abnormal Finding Awareness (items between 21 and 23 )". Participants rate each item from 1 to 5 according to their suitability (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = Strongly agree). In the scale, 5 items (7, 14, 19, 20, 23) are scored reversely (1 = strongly agree, 5 = Strongly disagree). The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 115 and the lowest score is 23. High scores indicate positive genital hygiene behavior.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Inonu University; 🇹🇷 Malatya, Turkey