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Peer Education on Genital Hygiene and Self-Care

NCT07195435 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2025-09-26

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Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effects of peer education provided to teenage girls on genital hygiene behaviors and self-care agency. The study was conducted with a randomized controlled design with a pretest-posttest control group. The study was conducted with female students studying at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Technical Sciences Vocational School between October and November 2025. The research population consisted of all female students at the school, and the sample consisted of students who agreed to participate in the study, signed the consent form, and met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected using a "Personal Information Form," a "Genital Hygiene Behaviors Scale," and a "Self-Care Agency Scale." Peer education was administered to the intervention group, while the control group received no training.

Conditions

  • Genital Hygiene Behaviors
  • Self-Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Genital Hygiene Education

Genital Hygiene Training: Young girls who agree to participate will receive two sessions of two hours of genital hygiene training on a predetermined date, as appropriate. Genital hygiene training will be delivered via PowerPoint presentation, and at the end of the training, a training booklet and brochure, developed in accordance with the relevant literature, will be distributed to the participating girls to ensure retention. The training booklet and brochure will be prepared by the researcher based on current literature sources. Expert opinions will be sought from obstetrics and gynecology nursing experts regarding the training content and will be revised as necessary. The content of the training booklet will cover the female internal and external genital organs, the importance of genital infections for women's health, factors affecting genital hygiene, characteristics of normal and abnormal genital discharge, common genital infections, signs and symptoms of genital infection, and pro

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-29
Primary Completion
2025-11-02
Completion
2025-11-15

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