Contraception Training Using the Transtheoretical Model in Students (CT-TTM)

NCT07258966 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2025-12-12

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Summary

What was the study about? This study tested whether a special training program based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) could help university students improve their knowledge, attitudes, and actual behavior related to contraception. The goal was to see if this method could reduce risky sexual behavior that leads to issues like sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies.

How was the study done? It was a high-quality study called a Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT).

* Participants: 68 international nursing students were split into two groups randomly.
* Intervention Group (34 students): Received the specialized TTM-based contraceptive training.
* Control Group (34 students): Did not receive the special training (they likely received standard care or nothing).
* Comparison: Researchers then compared the two groups to see if the training made a difference.

What will the study measure? The primary outcome is the change in the composite score of contraceptive competencies (knowledge, attitude, and behavior) one week after the intervention, comparing the Intervention Group to the Control Group.

What is the significance? This trial will determine the efficacy of a Transtheoretical Model-based intervention as a targeted strategy to improve contraceptive competencies and inform evidence-based health education for young adults.

Conditions

  • Contraception
  • Health Behavior

Interventions

OTHER

Contraceptive method training

The intervention is to determine the effect of the TTM intervention on nursing student knowledge, attitude and behavior towards contraceptive method. The study is conducted as a randomized controlled trial

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Near East University, Turkey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Umran, Prof · Near East University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-15
Primary Completion
2025-01-20
Completion
2025-03-10

Countries

  • Cyprus

Study Locations

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