Impact of Nutrition Education on Knowledge and Beliefs About Dietary Supplements/Herbal Foods

NCT ID: NCT05645120

Last Updated: 2022-12-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

226 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-01

Study Completion Date

2022-03-01

Brief Summary

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A two session nutrition education intervention was administered to health professionals and non-health professionals in separate sessions. Nutrition knowledge status was evaluated with comparing the pre-test and post-test values.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of nutrition education intervention of health professionals and non-health professionals about the effectiveness of dietary supplements/herbal foods (DS/HF) in COVID-19. Study design is a cross-sectional study with an education intervention. This study was conducted through online video communication application. Overall, 106 health professionals and 110 non-health professionals completed the study. The education intervention was administered in two sessions, one week apart for both health professionals and non-health professionals separately. Knowledge level of nutrition and COVID-19 and beliefs about DS/HF in the prevention/treatment of COVID-19 were evaluated with a pre-test and post-test setting. Comparison of the groups before and after the intervention was implemented with the McNemar's test.

Conditions

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

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nutrition education dietary supplements herbal supplements

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Health Professionals

Education intervention for health professionals

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education

Intervention Type OTHER

All participants attended to a two-part nutrition education program. The education intervention program was administered in two sessions, one week apart. Before the intervention, a pre-test was administered to determine the knowledge and beliefs attitudes of participants. After the pre-test each session consisted of a PowerPoint presentation of about 20 minutes. Education topics included components of adequate-balanced nutrition and its relationship with COVID-19, introduction of food groups, the association between COVID-19 and dietary supplements, herbal foods in the prevention/treatment of COVID-19, considerations regarding DS/HF, food-drug interactions, and COVID-19 drugs and food interactions. The presentation was concluded with the nutritional recommendations for COVID-19. The post-tests were shared with the participants at the end of the second session of the education intervention.

Non-health Professionals

Education intervention for non-health professionals

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education

Intervention Type OTHER

All participants attended to a two-part nutrition education program. The education intervention program was administered in two sessions, one week apart. Before the intervention, a pre-test was administered to determine the knowledge and beliefs attitudes of participants. After the pre-test each session consisted of a PowerPoint presentation of about 20 minutes. Education topics included components of adequate-balanced nutrition and its relationship with COVID-19, introduction of food groups, the association between COVID-19 and dietary supplements, herbal foods in the prevention/treatment of COVID-19, considerations regarding DS/HF, food-drug interactions, and COVID-19 drugs and food interactions. The presentation was concluded with the nutritional recommendations for COVID-19. The post-tests were shared with the participants at the end of the second session of the education intervention.

Interventions

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Education

All participants attended to a two-part nutrition education program. The education intervention program was administered in two sessions, one week apart. Before the intervention, a pre-test was administered to determine the knowledge and beliefs attitudes of participants. After the pre-test each session consisted of a PowerPoint presentation of about 20 minutes. Education topics included components of adequate-balanced nutrition and its relationship with COVID-19, introduction of food groups, the association between COVID-19 and dietary supplements, herbal foods in the prevention/treatment of COVID-19, considerations regarding DS/HF, food-drug interactions, and COVID-19 drugs and food interactions. The presentation was concluded with the nutritional recommendations for COVID-19. The post-tests were shared with the participants at the end of the second session of the education intervention.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* being 18 to 65 years old
* using social media
* being able to understand Turkish

Exclusion Criteria

* regular supplement use prior to COVID-19 pandemic
* having a chronic disease that requires dietary supplementation
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Zeynep Goktas

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Zeynep Goktas, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University

Locations

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Hacettepe University

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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GO 21/129

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id