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Evaluation of the Effects of Planned Trainings Given to Obese Adolescent Girls on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Menstrual Symptoms

NCT04044833 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2019-08-05

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Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of training given to obese female students in mid-adolescence period for improving nutrition, physical activity, and menstrual symptoms on the improvement of their healthy lifestyle behaviors and menstrual symptoms. The research sample consisted of 128 obese female students divided into groups as intervention and control. In this randomized controlled trial, pretest-posttest control group and random process were used. In the first stage of the study, total of 12 hours of training, 120 minutes for each course per week, was provided. In the second stage, 120 minutes of reinforcement training were given every month for three months. The study lasted 16 weeks totally. Personal Information Form, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II (HLBS-II), Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire (MSQ) and Student Follow-up Schedule were used as data collection tools. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics 23 Version. Hypotheses were (i) there was a difference between the total HLBS-II and MSQ scores of the students before and after the training and (ii) there was a correlation between the scales.

Conditions

  • Obesity, Adolescent
  • Menstrual Problem
  • Health Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health life style behaviour ,

Training: applying Personal Information Form, HLBS-II, and MSQ to the intervention and control groups determined randomly and distributing the Student Follow-up Schedules; c) Providing trainings to the intervention group; d) Monitoring the weights, BMIs, and menstrual symptoms of intervention and control groups; and e) After the Training: Applying HLBS-II and MSQ scales to intervention and control groups, collecting the follow-up schedules, and providing training to the control group and all other students. Trainings: First stage: 120 minutes basic training per week for four weeks (40 minutes on diet, 40 minutes on physical activity, and 40 minutes on menstrual symptoms)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hulya Erbaba

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hulya HE Erbaba, PhD · University of Beykent

  • sevil ss sahin, PhD · UAnkara Yıldırım Beyazıt University

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-01-21
Completion
2018-01-21

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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