Effectiveness of Web-Based Health Education and Consultation on Health Promotion Behaviors of Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT03009617

Last Updated: 2017-01-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

252 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-12-31

Study Completion Date

2015-03-31

Brief Summary

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Through the training and consultation program conducted via the web for "health promotion," which is an important part of a school's healthcare, interactive communication methods between school nurses and students were provided. The results of the study showed that web-based education and counseling positively influenced health promotion behaviors of the students, and e-health literacy and their knowledge was increased.

Detailed Description

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Background: Adolescent is a critical period for many health-risk behaviours, such as alcohol consumption, smoking, having unsafe sex, insufficient exercise, and diet, psychological problems, which can be reduced by targeted web-based health education and consultation interventions. Web-based interventions have advantages in terms of acceptability and accessibility and have shown some study to promote health behaviours and e-Health literacy among adolescents.

Objective: The aims of this study was to examine the effectiveness of web-based health education and consultation on health promotion behaviors (ie, smoking, health responsibility, nutrition, interpersonal relationships, spiritual health, alcohol and substance abuse, positive life outlook, unsafe sex, malnutrition) of adolescents and their e-health literacy.

Methods: This randomized controlled study consisted of 252 adolescents, of whom 120 were in the control group and 132 comprised the intervention group. Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents, internet usage, Adolescent Lifestyle Questionnaire (ALQ), e-health literacy, and information levels of the adolescents were determined before the intervention. No procedures were applied to the control group. A web-based health education and consultation program designed to promote a healthy lifestyle was applied to the intervention group. The results were re-evaluated three months after the intervention.

The investigators first hypothesis is that adolescents in the intervention (the web-based education and consultation) group would report significantly higher level of well-being ( ie, positive life outlook, stress management, spiritual health and health-related quality of life) and health behaviors (ie, health responsibility, nutrition, exercise ) at 3-month follow-up compared to the control group. Second, it is expected that participants in the intervention group would report a significantly higher level of eHealth literacy and knowledge at 3-month follow-up compared to the control group.

Conditions

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Adolescent Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Intervention Group

The educational program and counseling Pre-test before intervention Monitoring, education, and consultation through the Web At least two reminders via e-mail or phone message a week The last test after three months The website was closed three months later.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

the educational program and counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

to examine the effectiveness of web-based health education and consultation on health promotion behaviors of adolescents, their e-health literacy, and their information levels.

Control Group

Pre-test No intervention The last test after three months Opening the website to the control group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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the educational program and counseling

to examine the effectiveness of web-based health education and consultation on health promotion behaviors of adolescents, their e-health literacy, and their information levels.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* volunteered to participate in the study,
* students who had not yet started high school education (9th-grade students),
* students who had not participated in the pilot scheme (10th-grade students), students who were not non-final year students at the preparation stage for university (12th-grade students), and 11th-grade students who can use the internet.

Exclusion Criteria

* students who 9th-grade students,
* students who participated in the pilot scheme (10th-grade students), students who were final year students at the preparation stage for university (12th-grade students), and students who can not use the internet
Minimum Eligible Age

17 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gulten Guvenc

Assoc. Prof.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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SBUniversitesi

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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