Aim: To determine the effects of health education about Human Papilloma Virus infection and cervical cancer prevention on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of adolescent girls and their mothers. Background: To combat with cervical cancer, it is urgent that prevention Human Papilloma Virus related disease all around the world. Design: A randomized trial with a control group (n=108) and an intervention group (n=108). Methods: The study was applied between January to June 2019 in the two different adolescent outpatient clinics in Turkey. The outpatient clinics were randomly assigned as intervention and control groups by numbering and opaque and sealed envelopes. Based on the intention-to-treat principle, all participants were analyzed according to the group they were assigned to, regardless of whether they received the intervention or not. In addition to the routine clinical practice, the adolescent girls and their mothers who participated in the intervention group were given health education twice in the first interview and in the fifth week. Follow-up continued for 12 weeks. The adolescent girls and their mothers in the control group received routine clinical practice. The effects of health education were evaluated with Human Papilloma Virus Knowledge Scale and Health Belief Model Scale for Human Papilloma Virus and its Vaccination. Impact: Human Papilloma Virus vaccine, which has an important place in primary protection from cervical cancer, is expected to provide effective results by facilitating access to vaccine accompanied with health education.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
216
the adolescent girls and their mothers who participated in the intervention group were given health education twice in the first interview and in the fifth week. Follow-up continued for 12 weeks. The adolescent girls and their mothers in the control group received routine clinical practice. The effects of health education were evaluated with Human Papilloma Virus Knowledge Scale and Health Belief Model Scale for Human Papilloma Virus and its Vaccination.
Serpil Özdemir
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
Health Belief Model Scale for Human Papilloma Virus and Vaccine
In the four-point Likert scale, each item is scored between "none = 1" and "too much = 4.. The lowest score is 14 and the highest score is 56.
Time frame: three months
Human Papilloma Virus Knowledge Scale
True 1 "points are given to the correct answers given by the participants to each item, and" 0 "points are given to wrong and undecided' 'answers with incorrect answers. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is "0" and the highest is "10".
Time frame: three months
Human Papilloma Virus Knowledge Scale
rue 1 "points are given to the correct answers given by the participants to each item, and" 0 "points are given to wrong and undecided' 'answers with incorrect answers. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is "0" and the highest is "10".
Time frame: three months
Health Belief Model Scale for Human Papilloma Virus and Vaccine
In the four-point Likert scale, each item is scored between "none = 1" and "too much = 4.. The lowest score is 14 and the highest score is 56.
Time frame: three months
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