Health Promotion Model, Fertility Awareness, Preconception Knowledge and Attitude

The Effect of Education Given to Preconception Women in Line with the Health Promotion Model on Fertility Awareness, Preconception Knowledge and Attitude Levels

The effect of education given to preconceptional women in line with the health promotion model on fertility awareness, preconceptional knowledge and attitude levels

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fertility Issues; Health Behavior; Preconception Injuries
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Education Group

Detailed Description

The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research will conducted with 128 women (intervention group n=64, control group n=64). It will consist of women between the ages of 18-35 who applied to the community health unit of Güneysınır District Health Directorate between December 2024-May 2025.

Women who accept the research and are assigned to the intervention group will be given a five-day training to increase fertility awareness and preconceptional knowledge levels in line with the health promotion model. At the end of the fifth day, the Fertility Awareness Scale, Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale, and the Clinical Evaluation Form of the Health Promotion Plan for the Health Promotion Model will be applied to women who complete the training with a face-to-face interview technique. The women in the intervention group will be reached by phone at the end of the first and second months to remind them of their health promotion behaviors and to answer their questions and carry out follow-ups. At the end of the third month, women who have completed the training will be invited to the institution and the forms will be filled out again.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 128
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Konya, Turkey, 42250
    • Seyhan Çankaya

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women between the ages of 18-35,
• Planning to get pregnant within a year,
• Literate,
• Can understand and speak Turkish,
• Agree to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who are pregnant,
• Women who are breastfeeding,
• Women who have been diagnosed with infertility,
• Women who have a history of chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, etc.),
• Women who have a sexually transmitted disease (HIV, HPV, etc.),
• Women who have a physical disability,
• Women who have a psychiatric disease,
• Women who have a history of gynecological disease.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Placebo group; Information about the research will be provided.; Written consent will be obtained.; Personal Information Form, Fertility Awareness, Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude will be applied to women who accept to participate in the research.; Five days after the first interview, women will be reached and the scales will be applied.; Three months after the first interview, women will be reached, invited to the institution and the scales will be applied again.
Experimental: Education Group; Women will be given a five-day training in line with the health promotion model.; Information will be provided to women who apply to the hospital.; Written consent documents will be obtained from women who agree to participate in the study.; Women assigned to the intervention group will attend classes in groups of 8-10.; Women will be given a 60-minute training once a day for five days.; The total training duration is five hours.; Scales will be applied to women who complete the training at the end of the fifth day.; Women who have completed the training will be contacted by phone at the end of the first and second months, reminded of health promotion behaviors and their questions will be answered and follow-ups will be carried out.; At the end of the third month, women who have received training will be invited to the institution and the Fertility Awareness, Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude will be filled out face-to-face for the final test.	Other: Education Group; Women will be given a five-day training in line with the health promotion model. Information will be provided to women who apply to the hospital. Written consent documents will be obtained from women who agree to participate in the study. Women assigned to the intervention group will attend classes in groups of 8-10. Women will be given a 60-minute training once a day for five days. The total training duration is five hours. Scales will be applied to women who complete the training at the end of the fifth day. Women who have completed the training will be contacted by phone at the end of the first and second months, reminded of health promotion behaviors and their questions will be answered and follow-ups will be carried out. At the end of the third month, women who have received training will be invited to the institution and the Fertility Awareness, Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude will be filled out face-to-face for the final test.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Comparison of sociodemographic of women	Sociodemographic of women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported	4 months
Comparison of obstetric features of women	Obstetric features of women will be collected through surveys and compared and reported	4 months
Comparison of women's fertility awareness scale average scores by groups	The fertility awareness scale will be applied to women. The fertility awareness scale is 19-95 points (min-max), and as the score increases, fertility awareness scale increases.	4 months
Comparison of women's preconceptional knowledge and attitude scale average scores by groups	Preconceptional knowledge and attitude scale will be applied to women. The preconceptional knowledge and attitude scaleis 43-215 points (min-max), and as the score increases, preconceptional knowledge and attitude increases.	4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Selcuk University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Seyhan Çankaya, Selcuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 13, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 13, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): November 15, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 19, 2025
• Last Verified: November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Health Promotion Model; Fertility Awareness; Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Disorders of Environmental Origin; Infertility; Preconception Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2023/1011

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No