The Effects of Wellness Training Given to Fifth Grade Students During the Covid-19 Epidemic Period

The Effects of Wellness Education Given to 5th Grade Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic Process on Their Quality of Life and Physical Activity

This study conducted an experimental study with a randomized control group to decide on the quality of life and physical activity of the Wellness education for fifth grade students during the Covid-19 pandemic process.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Health Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Wellness Education

Detailed Description

After the population and sample calculations were made, the students who had their pre-tests were randomized to the Wellness Education Group and the Control Group. In this study conducted in two state secondary schools affiliated to Kırşehir Provincial Directorate of National Education, the experimental group was given Wellness training. No intervention was made to the control group. Four weeks after the training, the students were post-tested and the data were analyzed.

In order not to affect the groups from the practices to be made, first of all, schools were randomized and the schools were divided into Wellness Education Group and Control Group with a closed envelope lot method. Prof. Dr. Erol Güngör Secondary School (Group I) Wellness Education Group has been assigned to Kırşehir Merkez Yunus Emre Secondary School (Group II) Control Group. Experimental and control groups in order to reduce selection bias and control variables that may have an effect on outcome variables; A randomized assignment was made by a statistician who did not know the names and characteristics of the students. In determining the students to be included in the study; Student lists and the Excel 2016 program were used, and Simple Random Sampling was performed. The student lists assigned to the groups by the expert were submitted to the researcher before the initiatives started.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 176
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Kırşehir, Turkey
    • Second School

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a fifth grade student,
• Not having any physical or mental disability,
• Agree to participate in research,
• Not allowed to participate in research by their parents.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Education; wellness education	Behavioral: Wellness Education; The wellness education given to fifth grade students and the quality of life, its effect on physical activity status

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Turkish child physical activity questionnaire	The predictive self-report gazelle is a seven-day recall scale to assess mid-to-high physical activity in children aged -14 years. Calculation of the total score of the questionnaire; The score obtained after adding the scores of the answers to the questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and dividing by the number of questions is the total physical activity score of the child from the questionnaire. It is conducted on a 5-point scale for each item of the questionnaire and has a score between 1-5. "1" indicates low physical activity, "5" indicates high physical activity. A high score means good physical activity.	3month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
quality of life scale for children	quality of life score of students will increase after education, Items score between 0 and 100. Never 100 points, rarely He gets 75 points, sometimes 50 points, often 25 points and almost always 0 points. 5-7 years old child In his form he never gets 100 points, sometimes 50 points and often 0 points. Taken from substances The total score of the scale is obtained by dividing the scores by the number of filled items., high score means good quality of life	3 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sumeyra Yılmaz

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 2, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 23, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): March 8, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 23, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): March 24, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 14, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 11, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical activity; quality of life; adolescent; wellness
• Other Study ID Numbers: Sağlık Bilimleri Univesity

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No