Genital Hygiene Education and Pregnancy

Inonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Genital Hygiene Behaviors; Self-Care Ability

Treatments: Behavioral: genital hygiene education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06791252

2021/2261

Details and patient eligibility

About

Genital hygiene behaviors are of great importance in preventing urinary tract infections, especially during pregnancy. The study was conducted to determine the effect of genital hygiene education given to pregnant women diagnosed with urinary tract infections on genital hygiene behavior and self-care ability. The hypotheses of this study were determined as follows:

H1a: Genital hygiene education affects genital hygiene behavior in pregnant women.

H1b: Genital hygiene education affects self-care ability in pregnant women.

Full description

Genital hygiene behaviors are of great importance in preventing urinary tract infections, especially during pregnancy. The study was conducted to determine the effect of genital hygiene education given to pregnant women diagnosed with urinary tract infection on genital hygiene behavior and self-care ability. The study was conducted in the gynecology and obstetrics clinics of a hospital in eastern Turkey between September 2021 and February 2022. Personal Information Form, Genital Hygiene Behaviors Scale and Self-Care Ability Scale were used to collect data. In the power analysis, the sample size was calculated as 80 pregnant women in each group (80 experimental, 80 control). Pregnant women in the experimental group received genital hygiene education in 4 sessions, while no intervention was applied to the control group. Descriptive statistical analyses and t-test in dependent-independent groups were used in the analysis of the data.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 49 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All pregnant women who were literate, - Who had completed their pharmacological treatment (antibiotic treatment) for UTI according to medical records were included in the sample

Exclusion criteria

• • Those who had previously received training to increase genital hygiene behavior,
• Those who had a risky pregnancy,
• Those who were diagnosed with any health problems related to the pregnant woman and the fetus were not included in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Group receiving genital hygiene education

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnant women in the experimental group were given genital hygiene training in 4 sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: genital hygiene education

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied to the control group other than the application of data collection tools simultaneously with the pregnant women in the experimental group (pre-test: 1st session/1st day - post-test: 2nd session/30th day).