The Effect of Health Literacy Based Practices

Sponsor

Ayşegül Akca (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05677854

Collaborator

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

It is important to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors such as nutrition and physical activity in adolescence. Health literacy, which is the competence of adolescents to participate in their own health decisions and takes responsibility for health, needs to be developed. Developing healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors with a focus on health literacy is important in terms of maintaining the desired behavior in adulthood. This study aims to examine the effects of health literacy-based motivational interviewing and health education on nutrition and exercise behaviors of adolescents. The research will be conducted with a single-blind randomized controlled experimental design. The population of the research consists of ninth-grade students. It is planned to include 72 people in the research sample according to the power analysis calculation. The research will be carried out with two intervention groups as motivational interview and health education and a control group.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Health Literacy Level	Other: Health literacy based intervention	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

72 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Other

Official Title:

The Effect of Health Literacy Based Motivational Interviewing and Health Education on Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors of Adolescents

Actual Study Start Date :

Dec 15, 2022

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Jun 15, 2023

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Sep 15, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Motivational interview Motivational interview practice consisting of 6 sessions will be applied to this intervention group. It is planned that each motivational interview application will be 40 minutes and that the motivational interview will be applied with a one-week break.	Other: Health literacy based intervention Different practices will be carried out for the two intervention groups.
Experimental: Health education Bu müdahale grubuna 6 oturumdan oluşan beslenme ve fiziksel aktiviteye ilişkin sağlık eğitimi uygulaması yapılacaktır. Her bir eğitim uygulamasının 40 dakika olması ve uygulamaların bir hafta ara ile uygulanması planlanmaktadır.	Other: Health literacy based intervention Different practices will be carried out for the two intervention groups.
No Intervention: Control

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Motivational interview

Motivational interview practice consisting of 6 sessions will be applied to this intervention group. It is planned that each motivational interview application will be 40 minutes and that the motivational interview will be applied with a one-week break.

Other: Health literacy based intervention

Different practices will be carried out for the two intervention groups.

Experimental: Health education

Bu müdahale grubuna 6 oturumdan oluşan beslenme ve fiziksel aktiviteye ilişkin sağlık eğitimi uygulaması yapılacaktır. Her bir eğitim uygulamasının 40 dakika olması ve uygulamaların bir hafta ara ile uygulanması planlanmaktadır.

Other: Health literacy based intervention

Different practices will be carried out for the two intervention groups.

No Intervention: Control

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Health literacy level (Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children) [before the implementation]
The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (10-25) points: low health literacy, (26-35) points: moderate health literacy and (36-40) points: high health literacy. By determining the health literacy level of the students, the intervention groups and the control group will be selected among the students with low and moderate health literacy levels.
Health literacy level (Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children) [three months after the start of implementation]
The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (10-25) points: low health literacy, (26-35) points: moderate health literacy and (36-40) points: high health literacy.
Health literacy level (Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children) [six months after the start of implementation]
The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (10-25) points: low health literacy, (26-35) points: moderate health literacy and (36-40) points: high health literacy.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

14 Years to 16 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Continuing education in 9th grade
Volunteering to participate in the research
Permission by their families to participate in the research
Being at a low or moderate level of health literacy according to the Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children

Exclusion Criteria:

Have a chronic illness
Dieting within a program
Doing regular physical activity
Having a high level of health literacy according to the Health Literacy Scale for School-Age Children