Transformatıonal Learnıng Theory on Infertılıty and Stigma in Infertılıty Women

The Effect of The Educatıonal Program Created Accordıng to Transformatıonal Learnıng Theory on Infertılıty and Stigma in Infertılıty Women

This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of the education program created according to the transformational learning theory on women being affected by infertility and feeling stigmatized due to infertility.

The research is a single center parallel group simple randomized controlled trial. The sample consisted of 52 participants in total.

determined to be formed. Diagnosed with infertility, literate, 18 years of age and older, no communication disability, and Women who volunteer to participate will be included in the study. Personal Information Form, Infertility Affected Scale and Infertility Stigma (Stigma) Scale will be used to collect data. Groups of 3-10 people were formed for the women in the experimental group.

A training program consisting of four modules will be implemented once a week. Data analysis in SPSS 22.0 package program will be.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Infertility, Female; Stigma, Social
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CREATED ACCORDING TO TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING THEORY

Detailed Description

Nurses have important duties in providing counseling and support to infertile individuals during this crisis, which is very difficult to cope with. In this context, nurses should provide psychosocial care that will enable the individual to accept and cope with the current process. This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of the education program created according to the transformational learning theory on women being affected by infertility and feeling stigmatized due to infertility. The study was planned as a single-center parallel group simple randomized controlled trial. The population of the study will be women who applied to Tatvan Maternity and Children's Hospital due to infertility between 22/05/2022-22/05/2023. Power analysis was performed to determine the number of samples. For this, the information in a similar study (Infertility Stigma Scale Experiment Mean: 38.67±4.75, Control Mean: 69.76±4.5) was used as a reference. Analysis was done in G power version 3.1. The minimum number of participants required to be included in each group was determined as 22, with a total of 44 (α=0.05, 1-β=0.95). However, considering the loss rate (21.77%) in the reference study, the total number of participants was increased by 20% to 52 (experimental: 26, control: 26). Personal Information Form, Infertility Affected Scale and Infertility Stigma (Stigma) Scale will be used to collect data. Application First of all, the aim and content of the research will be explained to the women. Their compliance with the sampling inclusion criteria will be evaluated. Afterwards, women who agreed to participate in the study will have an informed consent form signed. Personal information form and pre-tests (Infertility Affect Scale and Infertility Stigma Scale) will be applied to women. Then, the women will be randomly randomized to assign the experimental and control groups. Contact information (Phone numbers and e-mail addresses) will be taken at the first encounter.

Experimental Group Application

A training program consisting of four modules created according to Transformational Learning Theory will be applied once a week to the women in the experimental group by forming groups of 3-10 people. Post-tests (Infertility Affect Scale and Infertility Stigma Scale) will be applied within 1 week after the training is over and in the 4th week after that. The training modules and the training methods to be used in the modules are given below:

Module 1: Infertility Based on Gender Patterns: Meaning structures of "femininity", "motherhood" and "infertility" in society Dating activity, brainstorming, discussion over experiences, critical reflection Module 2: Violence due to infertility (The Concept of Stigma): Domestic and Social Pressure/Violence Introductory activity, role-play, sharing feelings, discussion over experiences, critical reflection Module 3: Punishment and exposure to traditional practices for infertility Introductory activity, watching the movie, interpreting the movie through experiences, critical reflection Module 4: Interpreting the awareness experienced in the education process and sharing future plans Introductory activity, presentation (by women), peer review Control group application The post-tests (Infertility Affect Scale and Infertility Stigma Scale) will be applied to the women in the control group 5 weeks after the pre-test application and 4 weeks after this application.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 52
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Sengül YAMAN SÖZBİR, PhD; Phone Number: +905069583180; Email: sengul.yaman@hotmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion criteria for research;

• Being diagnosed with infertility
• Being at least literate
• Be at least 18 years old
• Not having a communication barrier
• Volunteering to participate in the research Exclusion Criteria from the Sample;
• The woman's desire to withdraw from the research
• Not filling out data collection tools
• Unable to reach for training/consulting

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: infertility educatıon group; women wıll educate with model about infertility	Other: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CREATED ACCORDING TO TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING THEORY; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CREATED ACCORDING TO TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING THEORY FOR INFERTILITY FEMALES
NO_INTERVENTION: control group (non-education); Routıne care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
change between the mean score of the Infertility Affected Scale of infertile women who participated in the training program created according to the transformative learning theory and who did not.	Infertility Affect Scale	9 weeks
change between the mean score of the Infertility Stigma (Stigma) Scale of infertile women who participated and did not participate in the training program created according to the transformative learning theory.	Infertility Stigma (Stigma) Scale	9 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gazi University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): May 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): May 15, 2023
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): June 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 22, 2022
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 28, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): April 28, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 22, 2022
• Last Verified: April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: infertility; stigma; educatiıon
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Infertility; Infertility, Female
• Other Study ID Numbers: 77082166-604

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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