The Effect of Web Based Genital Hygiene Education Provided to Orthopedically Disabled Women

Disability Physical Clinical Trial

Official title:

A 15-Week Randomized Controlled Trial in Orthopedically Disabled Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04723381
• Other study ID #: 1648
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: July 10, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Siirt University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of web-based genital hygiene education provided to orthopedically disabled women on self care agency and genital hygiene behaviors.

Description:

It was a randomized controlled trial. The women in the experimental group were given web-based genital hygiene education that continued for seven weeks. No intervention was applied to the women in the control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 62
• Est. completion date: July 10, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being orthopedically handicapped

• Being literate, being over the age of 18

• Having access to the internet

• Being able to use the internet/computer

• Being able to maintain genital hygiene individually.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The inability to use the internet

• Not being a member of the website

• Having mental retardation

• Being dependent on someone else to maintain genital hygiene (bedridden, with spasticity)

• No willing to complete the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disability Physical
• Genital Infection

Intervention

Other:
• web based education
Expert support and consultancy were received for the design and preparation of the web page.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Inonu University	Malatya

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Siirt University	Inonu University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Introductory Questionnaire	The introductory questionnaire created for descriptive expressions	Baseline
Primary	Change from the Baseline Self-Care Agency Scale Points at 7th and 15th weeks	Self-Care Agency Scale was used to determine the self-care skills and abilities of the participants. It is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 35 items. Each item of the scale is scored between 0 and 4 (0= very uncharacteristic of me, 4= very characteristic of me). In the scale, 8 items (3, 6, 9, 13, 19, 22, 26, and 31) are scored reversely (0= very characteristic of me, 4= very uncharacteristic of me). The scale is evaluated over 140 points. In evaluation, the score over 120 points is defined as high, the score between 82 and 120 points is defined as moderate, and the score below 82 points is defined as low.	Baseline, at the end of the 7th week, at the end of the 15th week
Primary	Change from the Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale Points at 7th and 15th weeks	The Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale was used to determine the genital hygiene behaviors of the participants.It is a 5-point Likert-type scale with 23 items consisting of three sub-dimensions. The sub-dimensions of the scale are "General Hygiene (the first 12 items)", "Menstrual Hygiene (items between 13 and 20), and "Abnormal Finding Awareness (items between 21 and 23 )". Participants rate each item from 1 to 5 according to their suitability (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = Strongly agree). In the scale, 5 items (7, 14, 19, 20, 23) are scored reversely (1 = strongly agree, 5 = Strongly disagree). The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 115 and the lowest score is 23. High scores indicate positive genital hygiene behavior.	Baseline, at the end of the 7th week, at the end of the 15th week