Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT06127862 |
Other study ID # |
FU-PHN-FU-01 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
December 15, 2022 |
Est. completion date |
June 28, 2023 |
Study information
Verified date |
November 2023 |
Source |
Firat University |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
This study aims to raise awareness among individuals about plastic and microplastica
pollution, reduce plastic consumption, reduce the amount of plastic waste that grows
cumulatively every year, and contribute to the development of a livable environment.
Description:
The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of environmental health education given
at the 9th-grade level on the microplastica pollution awareness level of students.
This pretest-posttest experimental study with a randomized control group was conducted
between 2022 and 2023 in three high schools in a province in eastern Turkey. The sample of
the study consisted of 90 ninth-grade students (experimental group: 45, control group: 45),
and the sample magnitude was determined by power analysis. Tools such as the "Personal
Information Form" and "Microplastica Pollution Awareness Scale (MPAS)" were used to collect
data. Training was given to the experimental group as a nursing intervention in a total of 4
sessions at 15-day intervals. No intervention was applied to the individuals in the control
group. In the data evaluation process, percentage distribution, arithmetic mean, standard
deviation, chi-square test, correlation and regression analyses were used.
While no significant difference was observed in the MPAS total score in the control group
according to the pre-test and post-test mean scores, a significant difference was observed in
the MPAS total score in the experimental group (p≤0.05). When the posttest mean scores of the
experimental and control groups were examined, it was observed that the posttest mean scores
of the experimental group were higher than the posttest mean scores of the control group and
there was a statistically significant difference (p≤0.05).
It was observed that the microplastica pollution awareness level of the experimental group
students who received environmental health training increased significantly.