Sexual Health Literacy Scale (SHLS)

Development of the Sexual Health Literacy Scale

According to the World Health Organization, sexual health is a state of well-being related to sexuality as a whole, not just the absence of disease or dysfunction or disability. sexual health; It requires a positive and respectful attitude, free from sexual coercion and discrimination, free of violence, enjoyable and safe experiences. It obliges the respect, protection and fulfillment of the sexual rights of every individual. sexual health; includes a safe and respectful framework free from violence and discrimination; it covers not only the reproductive period, but every age period; different sexual identities and forms of sexual expression, as well as livable and critical gender values, roles, expectations and power dynamics. Insufficient information, difficult access to health services and lack of a guiding structure; It negatively affects young individuals' ability to take responsible decisions with good knowledge about sexuality during their sexual development. Information is obtained from channels where erroneous and incorrect information transfer is intense, and the ways of accessing this information play an important role in the spread of sexual myths in society. Based on all these reasons; This study aimed to develop the Sexual Health Literacy Scale.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sexual Behavior; Sexuality; Literacy
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: data collection group

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 400

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey, 34854
    • Marmara University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

It is very difficult to determine what kind of universe individuals over the age of 18 create and to reach the representative group even if it is determined. For this reason, rather than the criterion of representing the universe, it was based on creating a heterogeneous sample group by considering various age groups in a "fit for purpose" way. In this direction, the "snowball sampling" technique, which is one of the non-random sampling types, was preferred. Snowball sampling is a sampling method used in cases where it is difficult to reach the desired population and sample, including quantitative research, especially qualitative research, and the desired sampling frame does not include a large number of sample individuals.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals over the age of 18 who are willing to participate in the study, without psychiatric illness,
• No physical or mental disability
• Able to speak and understand Turkish.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not willing to participate in the study, with psychiatric illness,
• Physically and mentally handicapped
• 18 years and under,
• Does not speak Turkish

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
scale development	The data will be collected with the online data collection tool created by the researchers through the software called google forms. During data collection, the e-mail address of the researchers will be indicated on the form so that the questions of the participants can be answered by the researchers. You will be informed that filling out the data collection form will take an average of 10 minutes for each participant. In addition, in order to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the scale, data collection tools will be sent to at least 30 randomly selected individuals from the sample two weeks after the first data collection.	3 month
test-retest reliability of the scale	In order to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the scale, data collection tools will be sent to at least 30 randomly selected individuals from the sample two weeks after the first data collection. Therefore, after the pre-application, the scale will be applied to 400 people within the scope of the calculated sample, and then, two weeks later, at least 50 people will be re-applied from the individuals to whom the same scale was applied.	Retest( later 2 weeks)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Nurdan Demirci
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Rüveyda ölmez yalazı, PhDc, Marmara University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 4, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): October 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 5, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 18, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 20, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 20, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 18, 2024
• Last Verified: November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2023.shls.olmezyalazi

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