Clinical trial NCT03893084: Women's Health Behaviors Stages of Change (Transtheoretical Model) in Preconception Period
Official title: Women's Health Behaviors Stages of Change (Transtheoretical Model) in Preconception Period: A Randomized Control Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pregnancy
Women
Education
Keywords: preconception
period
education
midwfiery
Lead sponsor: Ege University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-03-28
Enrollment: 180
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: The women who came to the institution were evaluated in terms of sample criteria and randomized sampling was divided into two groups. In order to be able to perform randomized sampling, random number table was obtained automatically by means of programs on internet sites by specifying the number of samples. The selection of the groups to the intervention and control group was determined by throwing a coin.

In the data collection phase of the study, 218 women were evaluated in terms of sampling criteria. 10 women (who did not meet the criteria or refused to participate) were excluded from the study. 208 randomized women were divided into two groups as intervention and control group. During the follow-up, 15 women in the intervention group and 13 women in the control group were excluded from the study or were excluded because of pregnancy.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: H0: Preconceptional preparatory training period between pregnancies with and without women is no difference in terms of changes in health behavior.

H1: Preconceptional preparatory training period between pregnancies with and without women there is a difference in terms of changes in health behavior.

Detailed description: In order to reach for the second follow-up of women both her and her partner/mother phone number were registered.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Accept to participate in the research and have signed the informed consent form,
* Being over 18 years old,
* To be literate,
* Lack of a psychological diagnosis,
* To be married,
* Having no pregnancy,
* Pregnancy is thought.

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Women's behavior change phase
timeFrame: eight weeks
measure: Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale-II
timeFrame: eight weeks
measure: General Self-Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: eight weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: 17 Number Family Health Center
Study officials:
References:
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