Reproductive Health and Family Planning

A Different Method in Reproductive Health and Family Planning: "Virtual Reality Application''

The aim of this study is to measure the knowledge and attitude levels of women who play a key role in society on reproductive health and family planning, and to determine the changes in their attitudes and behaviors after face-to-face training with virtual reality application.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Virtual Reality; Reproductive Health
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Education

Detailed Description

In a three-month period, using the virtual reality application prepared for the individuals in the Experimental 1 group, it will be explained for an average of 40 minutes in a time period where they are suitable, through the trainings prepared according to the subjects. The literature will be scanned and appropriate educational materials will be created, and animations will be used to support education. The trainings for the Experiment 1 group will continue in accordance with the training titles according to the weeks, using virtual reality glasses. Modern family planning methods will be shown in detail through virtual reality glasses, three dimensions of the methods will be shown and supported by videos.

By using the training room of the family health center specified for the individuals in the Experimental 2 group, training content covering the subjects of reproductive and health and family planning methods will be prepared, and the days when women are suitable will be determined, and each training will be given for 40 minutes with face-to-face classical training method. Educational subjects will be continued in parallel with Experiment 1 group by using Ministry of Health hand brochures and training materials for Experiment 2 group.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 130
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Nihan Türkoğlu, Assist.Prof.; Phone Number: +904422312689; Email: nturkoglu@atauni.edu.tr

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Yakutiye
    • Erzurum, Yakutiye, Turkey, 25240
      • Recruiting
      • Ataturk Unıversity
      • Contact: Nihan Türkoğlu, Assist.Prof.; Phone Number: +904422312689; Email: nturkoglu@atauni.edu.tr

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:

-Being over 20 years old

• Married,
• Being literate,
• Not using modern family planning methods

Exclusion Criteria:

-Being under 20 years old

• not being married
• Not volunteering to participate in the study
• Using modern family planning method
• Not being able to attend the trainings at any stage of the research

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Virtual Reality; Using a virtual reality application based on individuals in Virtual Reality creatures, it will be explained for an average of 20 minutes in a time period where they are appropriate, through extensive trainings according to what is given.	Other: Education; The trainings for the Virtual Reality group will continue in accordance with the training titles according to the weeks, using virtual reality glasses.; Other Names: virtual reality
Experimental: Face to face; By using the training room of the family health center specified for the individuals in the Face to face group, training content covering the subjects of reproductive and health and family planning methods will be prepared, and the days when women are suitable will be determined, and each training will be given for 40 minutes with face-to-face classical training method. Educational subjects will be continued in parallel with Virtual Reality group by using Ministry of Health hand brochures and training materials for Face to face group.	Other: Education; The trainings for the Virtual Reality group will continue in accordance with the training titles according to the weeks, using virtual reality glasses.; Other Names: virtual reality
No Intervention: Control; No intervention will be made to the control group during the training.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Married Women's Reproductive Health Protective Attitudes Scale	Married Women's Reproductive Health Protective Attitudes Scale was developed by Demirci and Karanisoğlu in 2004 to determine the reproductive health protective attitudes and behaviors specific to married women in our country.Married Women's Reproductive Health Protective Attitudes Scale; It is a Likert-type scale, scored between 1 and 5, consisting of 39 easy-to-understand items that women can answer on their own. A minimum of 39 and a maximum of 195 points can be obtained from the scale.Expressing their practices related to their attitudes and behaviors towards protecting their reproductive health according to their frequency and reading each item appropriate for them" "1=Never, 2=Rarely (Very Rarely), 3=Sometimes, 4=Oftentimes and 5=Always" They were asked to select one of the "/regular" options. In this scale, items 5, 10, 16 and 28 were reverse scored.	two week
Family Planning Scale	"Family planning attitude scale is a Likert-type scale consisting of 34 items and scored between 1-5. In this easy-to-understand scale, "I totally agree" receives 1 point, "I agree 2 points", "I am undecided 3 points", "I disagree 4 points", "I totally disagree 5 points". There is no item in the scale that needs to be reverse coded. A minimum of 34 and a maximum of 170 points can be obtained from the scale. Again, the raw score of each sub-dimension is obtained by summing the items under the sub-dimension. As the total and sub-dimension scores obtained from the scale increase, women's attitudes towards family planning also develop positively.	Two week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sümeyye Betül SÖNMEZ
• Investigators: Study Chair: Sümeyye Betül Sönmez, Ataturk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): April 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 7, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): January 10, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 11, 2023
• Last Verified: January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: betul25

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