HL: Effectiveness of Health Literacy Education

Sponsor

Ayşegül Akca (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT04868487

Collaborator

(none)

206

Enrollment

Location

Arms

5.4

Actual Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

To determine the effect of health literacy education given to nursing students. The study was conducted at two university nursing departments in Turkey between December 2018 and March 2019. A total of 206 nursing students, 103 in the intervention and 103 in the control group, were included in the study. Health literacy education, consisting of four sessions, was given to the intervention group.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Health Literacy Level	Other: Health Literacy Education	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

206 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Other

Official Title:

Effectiveness of Health Literacy Education for Nursing Students in Turkey

Actual Study Start Date :

Dec 1, 2018

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Mar 31, 2019

Actual Study Completion Date :

May 15, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention The intervention group received four weekly training sessions of health literacy education. Each educational session lasted an average of 50 minutes. The students were divided into four groups with an average of 25 students in each group.	Other: Health Literacy Education Health literacy education, consisting of four sessions, was given to the intervention group.
No Intervention: Control The control group had no educational interaction with the researcher after the pre-test. The control group was administered the one-week and three-month posttest THLS-32 by the researcher simultaneously with the intervention group.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention

The intervention group received four weekly training sessions of health literacy education. Each educational session lasted an average of 50 minutes. The students were divided into four groups with an average of 25 students in each group.

Other: Health Literacy Education

Health literacy education, consisting of four sessions, was given to the intervention group.

No Intervention: Control

The control group had no educational interaction with the researcher after the pre-test. The control group was administered the one-week and three-month posttest THLS-32 by the researcher simultaneously with the intervention group.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Health literacy level (the Turkey's Health Literacy Scale (THLS-32)) [before the implementation]
The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (0-25) points: inadequate health literacy, (> 25-33) points: problematic - limited health literacy, (> 33-42) points: adequate health literacy, and (> 42-50) points: excellent health literacy. The health literacy level of the students was determined and the intervention and control group was selected from among the students with insufficient and problematic-limited health literacy level.
Health literacy level (the Turkey's Health Literacy Scale (THLS-32)) [one week after the implementation]
The health literacy levels of the students who received and did not receive the intervention were compared. The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (0-25) points: inadequate health literacy, (> 25-33) points: problematic - limited health literacy, (> 33-42) points: adequate health literacy, and (> 42-50) points: excellent health literacy.
Health literacy level (the Turkey's Health Literacy Scale (THLS-32)) [three months after the implementation.]
The health literacy levels of the students who received and did not receive the intervention were compared. The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (0-25) points: inadequate health literacy, (> 25-33) points: problematic - limited health literacy, (> 33-42) points: adequate health literacy, and (> 42-50) points: excellent health literacy.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 32 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Inadequate (0-25 points) health literacy level
Problematic-limited (25-33 points) health literacy level
Accepting to participate in the research
Accepting to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

Adequate (33-42 points) health literacy level
Excellent (42-50 points) health literacy level
Foreign language students with limited language proficiency
Visual-hearing disability
Having a neuropsychiatric disease

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University	Ankara	Çubuk	Turkey	06760

Sponsors and Collaborators

Ayşegül Akca

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Ayşegül Akca, Research Assistant, Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT04868487

Other Study ID Numbers:

2018-455

First Posted:

May 3, 2021

Last Update Posted:

May 6, 2021

Last Verified:

May 1, 2021

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Ayşegül Akca, Research Assistant, Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

health literacy

nursing education

undergraduate student

education

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 6, 2021