Genital Hygiene Education of Incarcerated Women (GHEIW)

The Effect of Genital Hygiene Education on the Self-Care Agency and Genital Hygiene Behaviors of Incarcerated Women

Pretest data will be collected after obtaining informed consent from all study participants. Pre-test data will be collected using the Personal Information Form, Self-Care Strength Scale and Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale. Genital Hygiene training will be given after pre-test data is collected. Reminder training will be given after the first training. Reminder training will be given 15 days, 1 month and 2 months after the training. Post-test data will be collected 1 month after the last reminder training. Post-test data will be collected using the Self-Care Strength Scale and Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Genital Hygiene
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Providing Genital Hygiene training

Detailed Description

Type of research The research was planned as a quasi-experimental and was planned in a pre-test post-test grouped order.

Population and sample of the research The population of the research consists of 70 female prisoners in Çorum L-type Closed Penal Institution. Considering the benefit of the study to all women, all female prisoners who agree to participate in the research and meet the inclusion criteria, without any sample selection, will constitute the sample of the quasi-experimental study.

Collection of research data The data of the research will be collected from the prisoners in the women's unit of the relevant Penal Institution. Personal Information Form, Self-Care Power Scale and Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale will be used to collect research data.

Personal Information Form: It consists of questions regarding women's sociodemographic characteristics and genital discharge status.

Self-Care Power Scale: The scale is a tool developed by Kearney and Fleischer in 1979 to determine individuals' ability and strength to take care of themselves (Kearney and Fleischer, 1979). The validity and reliability study of the scale was conducted by Nakhcivan in Turkey in 1993 (Nahcivan, 1994). The scale consists of 35 items that aim to evaluate individuals' self-care abilities and strengths and is a 5-point Likert type. The maximum score to be obtained from the scale is 140, below 82 points is considered low, 82-120 points is considered medium, and above 120 points is considered high self-care ability. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates that the individual's self-care power increases. The Cronbach's alpha value of the original scale is 0.89.

Genital Hygiene Behaviors Scale (GHDS): The Genital Hygiene Behaviors Scale, which was developed and validated by Karahan in 2017, is in Likert type. It is rated from 5 to 1, from "I completely agree" to "I completely disagree", and it consists of 23 statements. The scale has three sub-dimensions: general hygiene (first 12 items), menstrual hygiene (items 13-20) and awareness of abnormal findings (items 21-23). In evaluating the scale, items 7, 14, 19, 20, 23 are reverse coded; The lowest score from the scale can be 23 and the highest score can be 115, and it shows that women with high scores have good genital hygiene behavior (Karahan, 2017). The Cronbach's alpha value of the original scale is 0.80.

Protocol of the Research After the informed consent of all participants in the study is obtained, pre-test data will be collected face-to-face with the Personal Information Form, Self-Care Power Scale and Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale.

The training will include information about vaginal discharge and its characteristics, common genital infections, wrong behaviors and practices that cause vaginal infections, the importance of genital infections for women's health, and correct genital hygiene behaviors.

"Genital Hygiene" training will be given. Reminder training will be given 15 days, 1 month and 2 months after the training, and 1 month after the reminder training, the Self-Care Power Scale and Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale will be re-administered to women as a final test.

Estimated completion time of the research: 6 months. Criteria for inclusion in the study

• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Being between the ages of 18-65,
• To know Turkish. Exclusion criteria from the study
• Not attending employee training regularly,
• Leaving the study in the later stages of the study.

Statistical analysis methods to be used Data analysis of the study will be carried out in a computer environment using the SPSS 21.0 program. Descriptive statistics including number, percentage, standard deviation and parametric or non-parametric analysis tests will be used depending on the normal distribution of the data. For repeated tests, paired sample test will be applied in parametric groups. A value of p≤0.05 will be considered statistically significant.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 70
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ordu, Turkey, 52200
    • Ordu Universitesi
  • Altınordu
    • Ordu, Altınordu, Turkey, 52200
      • Ordu Universitesi

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Being between the ages of 18-65,
• To know Turkish.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not attending employee training regularly,
• Leaving the study in the later stages of the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: training group; Providing Genital Hygiene training

Other: Providing Genital Hygiene training; After the informed consent of all participants in the study is obtained, pre-test data, Self-Care Power Scale and Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale will be collected face-to-face. "Genital Hygiene" training will be given. Reminder training will be given 15 days, 1 month and 2 months after the training, and 1 month after the reminder training, the Self-Care Power Scale and Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale will be re-administered to women as a final test.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Effect of Genital Hygiene Education on the Self-Care Agency and Genital Hygiene Behaviors of Incarcerated Women	preliminary test results Genital Hygiene Behaviors Scale (GHDÖ): The Genital Hygiene Behaviors Scale, which was developed by Karahan in 2017 and whose validity and reliability were conducted, is a Likert-type scale. It is graded from 5 to 1 from "I completely agree" to "I completely disagree" and consists of 23 statements. The scale has three sub-dimensions: general hygiene (first 12 items), menstrual hygiene (items 13-20), and abnormal finding awareness (items 21-23). In the evaluation of the scale, items 7, 14, 19, 20, and 23 are reverse-coded; the lowest score can be obtained from the scale is 23 and the highest is 115, and women with high scores show that their genital hygiene behavior is good (Karahan, 2017). The Cronbach alpha value of the original scale is 0.80.	one months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Effect of Genital Hygiene Education on the Self-Care Agency and Genital Hygiene Behaviors of Incarcerated Women	final test results Self-Care Abilities Scale: The scale is a tool developed by Kearney and Fleischer in 1979 to determine the ability and strength of individuals to care for themselves (Kearney and Fleischer, 1979). The validity and reliability study of the scale was conducted by Nahcivan in Turkey in 1993 (Nahcivan, 1994). The scale consists of 35 items that aim to evaluate the ability and strength of individuals to care for themselves and is a 5-point Likert-type scale. The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 140, and below 82 points is considered low, 82-120 points is considered medium, and above 120 points is considered high self-care ability. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates that the individual's self-care ability increases. The Cronbach alpha value of the original scale is 0.89.	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: husne yucesoy, Ordu Universitesi

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 20, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 20, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): September 20, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 24, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 6, 2024
• First Posted (Estimated): December 11, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): December 11, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 6, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Ordu Üniversitesi

Drug and device information, study documents

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