Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT05800548 |
| Other study ID # |
DKSenol |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
March 1, 2022 |
| Est. completion date |
August 31, 2022 |
Study information
| Verified date |
March 2023 |
| Source |
Osmaniye Korkut Ata University |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
This study was carried out as a cross-sectional-relationship searcher in order to determine
the effect of evaluating the relationship between health literacy and family planning
attitudes of postpartum women.
The population of the study consisted of puerperant women in the Postpartum Clinic of
Osmaniye State Hospital between March 2022 and June 2022. The sample of the research is;
puerperant women who applied to the hospital for delivery within the research dates and gave
birth in a healthy way, did not have any risk for the mother and the baby, had no
communication barriers and met the research criteria. The sample number of the study was
calculated using the G*Power 3.1.9.4 program.
The puerperant women who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study with the
method of improbable random sampling, and a total of 258 puerperant women were reached.
In data collection; Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of puerperant women,
descriptive information form including questions about current birth, Postpartum Family
Planning Attitude Scale The Health Literacy Scale was used. In the study, a very strong
positive correlation was found between the women's total PAPTS score and SAS total score
(p=0.000). In other words; As the health literacy levels of postpartum women increase, their
family planning attitude levels also increase
Description:
Prior to the collection of research data, written permission was obtained from the
institution where the research was conducted. On the first page of the survey, which was
prepared by the researchers based on the literature review, puerperal women were informed
about the study and their written consent was received. Data collection instruments were
applied through face-to-face interviews to puerperal women in their own rooms in the clinic,
at an appropriate time period for the infants and themselves. The application took
approximately 10 to 15 minutes for each participant.
Data collection instruments The Mother Introductory Information Form (MIIF), consisting of
questions about sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics, and the last delivery of
puerperal mothers, the Postpartum Family Planning Attitude Scale (PFPAS), and the Health
Literacy Scale (HLS) were used for data collection.
The MIIF was prepared by the researchers in accordance with the literature (Berkman et al.,
2011; Yee and Simon 2014., Maricic et al., 2020). The form consists of a total of 17
questions aim to determine the sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics of the
mothers.
The PFPAS, developed by Varol in 2019, includes 27 items scored on a 5-Likert type scale. 16
of the items consist of positive statements, while 11 items consist of negative statements.
In order to ensure consistency in the evaluation, negative statements are reverse coded. The
scale items are scored ranging from 1 to 5. Positive statements are scored as 1=Strongly
disagree, 2= Disagree, 3= Neutral, 4= Agree, and 5= Strongly agree, while negative statements
are scored as 5=Strongly disagree, 4=Disagree, 3= Neutral, 2= Agree, and 1= Strongly agree.
The scale consists of a total of six subscales as "Perceived Risk" (Items 1, 2, 3),
"Perceived Seriousness" (Items 4, 5, 6), "Perceived Benefits" (Items 7, 8, 9, 10), "Perceived
Obstacles" (Items 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), "Taking Action" (Items 19, 20, 21, 22,
23), and "Self-Efficacy" (Items 24, 25, 26, 27). The lowest score to be obtained from the
scale is 27, while the highest score is 135. Higher scores indicate higher level of health
belief in terms of perceived risk, perceived seriousness, perceived obstacles, perceived
benefits, taking action and self-efficacy, which is also associated with a positive attitude
toward FP. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the original scale is 0.878 (Varol, 2019). The
Cronbach's alpha coefficient calculated in the current study is 0.932.
The HLS, developed by Sorensen et al., (2013), consists of 47 items and two dimensions. It
was then simplified by Toçi et al., (2013), and its validity and reliability were tested. The
validity and reliability study of the Turkish version, consisting of 25 items, was conducted
by Aras and Temel in 2017. The scale includes four subscales as Access to Information,
Understanding Information, Appraisal / Assessment, and Application / Use. The items are
scored on a 5-point range as "5: No difficulty, 4: A little bit of difficulty, 3: Moderate
difficulty, 2: Quite a bit of difficulty, 1: Extreme difficulty or unable to perform
activity". All items include positive statements. The lowest possible score to be obtained
from the scale is 25, and the highest possible score is 125. Higher scores indicate higher
level of HL, while lower scores indicate inadequate, problematic and weak level of HL. The
Cronbach's alpha value of the original scale is 0.92, while it ranges between 0.62 and 0.79
in the subscales (Aras & Temel, 2017). It has been found 0.920 in the current study.
