Health Promotion Model, Fertility Awareness, Preconception Knowledge and Attitude

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fertility Issues; Preconception Injuries; Health Behavior

• Registration Number: NCT06690554
• Lead Sponsor: Selcuk University

Brief Summary

The effect of education given to preconceptional women in line with the health promotion model on fertility awareness, preconceptional knowledge and attitude levels

Detailed Description

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research will conducted with 128 women (intervention group n=64, control group n=64). It will consist of women between the ages of 18-35 who applied to the community health unit of Güneysınır District Health Directorate between December 2024-May 2025.

Women who accept the research and are assigned to the intervention group will be given a five-day training to increase fertility awareness and preconceptional knowledge levels in line with the health promotion model. At the end of the fifth day, the Fertility Awareness Scale, Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale, and the Clinical Evaluation Form of the Health Promotion Plan for the Health Promotion Model will be applied to women who complete the training with a face-to-face interview technique. The women in the intervention group will be reached by phone at the end of the first and second months to remind them of their health promotion behaviors and to answer their questions and carry out follow-ups. At the end of the third month, women who have completed the training will be invited to the institution and the forms will be filled out again.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study Start: 2024-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-11-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-13
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-03-01
• Study Completion: 2025-03-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

• Women between the ages of 18-35,
• Planning to get pregnant within a year,
• Literate,
• Can understand and speak Turkish,
• Agree to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women who are pregnant,
• Women who are breastfeeding,
• Women who have been diagnosed with infertility,
• Women who have a history of chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, etc.),
• Women who have a sexually transmitted disease (HIV, HPV, etc.),
• Women who have a physical disability,
• Women who have a psychiatric disease,
• Women who have a history of gynecological disease.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of sociodemographic of women	4 months	Sociodemographic of women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported
Comparison of obstetric features of women	4 months	Obstetric features of women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported
Comparison of women's fertility awareness scale average scores by groups	4 months	The fertility awareness scale will be applied to women. The fertility awareness scale is 19-95 points (min-max), and as the score increases, fertility awareness scale increases.
Comparison of women's preconceptional knowledge and attitude scale average scores by groups	4 months	Preconceptional knowledge and attitude scale will be applied to women. The preconceptional knowledge and attitude scaleis 43-215 points (min-max), and as the score increases, preconceptional knowledge and attitude increases.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seyhan Çankaya; 🇹🇷 Konya, Turkey