The Effect of Digital Literacy Education Given to Postmenopausal Women on Health Literacy and Quality of Life

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-15

Study Completion Date

2024-03-10

Brief Summary

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During menopause, women may experience many conditions and symptoms due to fluctuation in hormone levels. These symptoms can affect a woman's social and personal functioning and quality of life. The symptoms and quality of life experienced by women during menopause are closely related to health literacy and digital literacy levels.

Women in the menopausal period often turn to alternative and complementary practices to cope with the symptoms. They obtain this information from Web 2.0 technologies (Instagram, Facebook, etc.) and other sources on the internet, along with the innovations brought by the developing world. However, they do not have enough skills to question the reliability and accuracy of the information sources they obtain. In this context, digital literacy emerges as a new concept in today's digital transformation. Digital Literacy is the awareness, attitude and ability of individuals to use digital tools and possibilities appropriately to identify, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, analyze and synthesize digital resources, create new information, create media expressions and communicate with others. With the developing technology and widespread use of the internet, the impact of the information obtained from digital platforms on the current health literacy and quality of life of women is gaining importance.

In the literature, it has been determined that the relationship between digital literacy, health literacy and quality of life has been examined in different samples such as the elderly and individuals with chronic diseases. However, no research has been found in the literature examining the effect of a planned digital literacy education specific to menopause on the health literacy and quality of life of postmenopausal women.

The age group in which the research is planned is a group that can use Web 2.0 technologies (Instagram, Facebook, etc.) and other sources on the internet, but we think that they have limited information about accessing information sources and examining the accuracy of the information they have obtained. In this context, we believe that a planned digital literacy education specific to menopause will increase the health literacy and quality of life of postmenopausal women.

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Detailed Description

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Purpose of the Study: This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study to examine the effect of digital literacy education given to postmenopausal women on health literacy and quality of life.

Data Collection: The data will be collected by the researcher by face-to-face interview method in a total of 5 sessions, each session of 30 minutes.

Statistical Methods to be Used: SPSS program will be used in the analysis of the obtained data. The conformity of the data to the normal distribution will be examined by considering the Shapiro-Wilk test; Parametric methods will be used in the analysis of normally distributed variables, and non-parametric methods will be used in the analysis of non-normally distributed variables. Independent-Samples T test, Mann-Whitney U (Exact) test and T test for Dependent Groups, Wilcoxon test will be used in the comparison of 2 independent groups. PearsonCorrelation, Spearman'srho tests will be used to examine the correlations of the variables with each other. Comparison of categorical data will be tested with PearsonChi-Square and FisherExact tests.

Conditions

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Postmenopausal Symptoms Literacy Quality of Life Health Literacy Digitalism

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Type of Study: This study is a randomized controlled trial. The pre-test-post-test will be carried out with a pattern.

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Women who meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the sample using a simple random method. Before the research numbers were produced from random.org, envelopes of the same size and characteristics were created for each participant by a person other than the researcher (IU-C, Research Assistant B.Y) and numbers between 1 and 120 were written on them. Then, considering the data losses, numbers from 1 to 120 were generated from random.org. The researcher will use online "spinning games" (https://www.kodvizit.com/cekilis/cark) while dividing the participants into groups. Numbers from 1-120 will be written on the online wheel on the site. The researcher will first apply a digital literacy scale to the woman who accepts the research. The woman with a scale score of 3.40 and below will be asked to spin the wheel from the online "spinning games" site and the experimental - control group will be determined.

Experimental Group: 50 people Control Group: 50 people

Study Groups

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Experimental Group

Digital literacy education specific to menopause will be given to this group.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

digital literacy education specific to menopause

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education; It is planned as 5 sessions in the form of presentation, homework, scenario and sending reminder messages. The training is planned to last approximately 20 minutes with a power point presentation prepared by the trainer. The survey will be evaluated in the first session. Women will be told what digital literacy is, why it is important, how to verify information and resources, security of accounts, resources, money and devices, access to information, understanding and valuing information. A screening and access to information session will be held with a scenario prepared on menopausal symptoms, taking into account the variables of information and resource security, access to information, understanding and valuing information, with examples on the digital platform. The woman will be given a scenario homework on menopausal symptoms. Interim evaluation will be made in the fourth week of the training. The final evaluation will be made in the fifth session.

Control Group

no intervention will be applied to this group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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digital literacy education specific to menopause

Education; It is planned as 5 sessions in the form of presentation, homework, scenario and sending reminder messages. The training is planned to last approximately 20 minutes with a power point presentation prepared by the trainer. The survey will be evaluated in the first session. Women will be told what digital literacy is, why it is important, how to verify information and resources, security of accounts, resources, money and devices, access to information, understanding and valuing information. A screening and access to information session will be held with a scenario prepared on menopausal symptoms, taking into account the variables of information and resource security, access to information, understanding and valuing information, with examples on the digital platform. The woman will be given a scenario homework on menopausal symptoms. Interim evaluation will be made in the fourth week of the training. The final evaluation will be made in the fifth session.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being between 45 - 65 years old,
* Being in the postmenopausal period
* Using a smart phone, tablet and/or computer
* Digital literacy level of 3.40 and below

Exclusion Criteria

* Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
* Having a diagnosed cancer disease

* Scale item total score is in the high range between 3.41-4.20 and very high between 4.21-5.00 (Ng, 2012).

Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes