The Effect of a Mobile Earthquake Education Application

The Effect of the Mobile Earthquake Education Application Developed for High School Students on Students' Knowledge Levels About Earthquakes

This research aims to experimentally explore the effect of the mobile earthquake education application developed for high school students on the earthquake knowledge level and earthquake risk perception of high school students.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Education; Students; Earthquake
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mobile earthquake education

Detailed Description

Earthquake is the type of natural hazard with the highest mortality in the world and in Turkey. The majority of Turkey's population lives under the threat of earthquakes.It is necessary to adopt a risk management approach against earthquake danger and to raise conscious individuals.Thanks to earthquake education activities for students, earthquake awareness can be spread to students' peers, families and teachers. In this way, the society can be resistant to the earthquake hazard.It is recommended that a combination of visual, audio and interactive tools be preferred and technology be used in earthquake education activities.In earthquake education activities, the use of mobile learning method has advantages such as eliminating time and space limitations, increasing equality of opportunity in education, supporting individualized learning and providing instant feedback.

This project will be carried out to examine the effect of the mobile earthquake education application developed for high school students on the students' level of knowledge about earthquakes. The research will be conducted in two different schools in Konya in the 2023-2024 academic year.The population of the research is 9th grade students in both schools. The sample size was calculated with the Open epi and t was decided to 160 students, 80 experimental and 80 control. In order to prevent interaction between students, one of the schools involved in the research will be the experimental group and the other will be the control group. Groups will be determined with the lottery method.Three 9th grade students from each school will be included in the research. Three classes to be taken into groups in schools will be selected by simple random sampling method. The researcher will collect the pre-tests to all students who meet the research criteria and agree to participate in the study. The researcher will present 2 hours of basic earthquake education to both the experimental and control groups. The students in the experimental group will be registered on the mobile earthquake education. The students in the experimental group will use "mobile earthquake education" for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, a posttest will be administered to all students in the experimental and control groups. To evaluate the permanence of the mobile earthquake education initiative, a post-test will be administered to participants 8 weeks after the application begins. As data collection form, sociodemographic characteristics survey form, earthquake risk perception scale, earthquake knowledge level survey will be used. The results will be presented with frequency distributions and mean±standard deviation. In the analysis, t test or Mann Whitney U Analysis will be used in independent groups and Variance Analysis or Friedman Analysis of Variance will be used in dependent groups.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 160
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • İzmir, Turkey, 35000
    • Dokuz Eylül University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a 9th grade student in high school
• The student or parent must have an Android phone
• The student has internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

• Student's participation in any earthquake-related education

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group; The researcher will present 2 hours of basic earthquake education to control group. The control group will not receive any other intervention. Control group will consist of 80 students.
Experimental: Mobile earthquake education; The researcher will present 2 hours of basic earthquake education to experimental group. The students in the experimental group will use "mobile earthquake education" for 4 weeks. İnterventional group will consist of 80 students.	Behavioral: Mobile earthquake education; The mobile earthquake education application was developed to increase high school students' knowledge about earthquakes through videos, activities or games. In the mobile earthquake education application, there are 4 modules that provide general information about the earthquake and what to do before, during and after the earthquake.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Level of knowledge about earthquakes	"Earthquake knowledge level form" will be used to determine the level of knowledge about earthquakes. It was developed in line with the literature to determine the level of knowledge about earthquakes. The form consists of 25 items containing information about the earthquake and precautions to be taken before, during and after the earthquake. Each correct answer is scored as 1 and an incorrect answer is scored as 0. The minimum score is 0 and the maximum score is 25. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of earthquake knowledge increases. The validity of the items in the survey form was evaluated by consulting the expert opinions of 7 academicians who work in this field.	Baseline, 4 weeks after intervention and 8 weeks after intervention .

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Earthquake risk perception	"Earthquake risk perception scale" will be used to determine earthquake risk perception. The scale consists of two subscales (cognitive and emotional earthquake risk perception) and 8 items. Scoring of these items; 5 points if strongly agree, 4 points if agree, 3 points if moderately agree, 2 points if disagree and 1 point if strongly disagree. From the 5-point Likert type scale, the maximum score is 40 points and the minimum score is 8 points. An increase in the score indicates an increase in risk perception.	Baseline, 4 weeks after intervention and 8 weeks after intervention .

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kamil Koçak, PhD Student, Dokuz Eylül University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 11, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 8, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): September 8, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 2, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 2, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): December 11, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 1, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 26, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: mobile application; risk management; earthquake; Disaster management; disaster education
• Other Study ID Numbers: 7586-GOA, 2022/35-19; TSA-2023-3231 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi BAP)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: 6 mounts later
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; ICF

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No