"A Study to Assess Knowledge and Opinion Regarding Adoption Among Adults Residing in Rural and Urban Area"

Knowledge Clinical Trial

Official title:

"A Cross-sectional Comparative Study to Assess Knowledge and Opinion Regarding Adoption Among Adults Residing in Rural and Urban Area of Ambala, Haryana"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03236402
• Other study ID #: 100015
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 19, 2017
• Last updated: July 31, 2017
• Start date: August 2015
• Est. completion date: February 2017

Study information

• Verified date: July 2017
• Source: Maharishi Markendeswar University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A cross - sectional comparative study to assess knowledge and opinion regarding adoption among adults residing in rural and urban area of Ambala, Haryana.

Description:

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Children are regarded as the precious gift in world. It is estimated that between 8% and 12% of couples worldwide suffer from infertility with rate of 10% in India and about 20 million children are orphan even then adoption rates are falling in India.

OBJECTIVES: To assess and compare the knowledge score and opinion score regarding adoption among adults of different age groups.To determine relationship between knowledge and opinion regarding adoption among adults.To seek association of knowledge score and opinion score regarding adoption with selected variables.

METHODOLOGY: A descriptive cross sectional survey design was used. 400 adults of rural (200) and urban (200) area were selected by using quota sampling technique. The data was collected by structured knowledge questionnaire and structured likert scale.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: February 2017
• Est. primary completion date: February 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults who were able to understand Hindi and English.

• Who were willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adults who were not available at the time of data collection.

• Adults having any psychological impairment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Knowledge

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Maharishi Markendeswar University

References & Publications (1)

Ezugwu FO, Obi SN, Onah HE. The knowledge, attitude and practice of child adoption among infertile Nigerian women. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2002 Mar;22(2):211-6. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Structured Questionnaire	One time assessment of knowledge of adults regarding adoption. Total score is calculated by finding the sum of the correct answer. Each correct answer scored as 1 and each incorrect answer scored as 0. It consists scale of scores 23-30 = Very Good, 19-22 = Good, 15-18 = Average, 0-14 = Below Average	25-30 minutes
Secondary	Likert Scale	3 point Likert Scale was used to assess opinion of adults regarding adoption. Total score is calculated by finding the sum of the 30 items. it consist 15 positive statements and 15 negative statements. Each positive statement scored as 3= agree, 2= uncertain,1=disagree and each negative statement scored as 3=disagree, 2=uncertain, 1= agree. it consists the scale of scores 68-90:Favourable 45-67: Moderately Favourable, 30-44: Unfavourable	18-20 minutes