The Effect of HPV Education Provided to Women on Their Knowledge Levels, HPV Screening, and Vaccination Uptake (HPV-Education)

Ufuk University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: HPV Immunization Status; HPV (Human Papillomavirus)-Associated

Treatments: Behavioral: Online Education Intervention Group; Other: Contral Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07320157

E-81182178-605-56406

Details and patient eligibility

About

Type of Study: This study was planned to be an observational study.

Purpose of the Study: To evaluate the impact of HPV education given to women on their knowledge levels and HPV screening and vaccination.The main question[s] it aims to answer [is/are]:

H1: There is a difference in the mean Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Knowledge Scale score between the intervention group women who participated in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) education and the control group women.

H2: There is a difference between the intervention group women and the control group women in terms of their participation in HPV screening tests.

H2: There is a difference between the intervention group women and the control group women in terms of their HPV vaccination status.

Participants Participants will be assigned to a control and intervention group. Online training will be provided to the intervention group, and the results of the training will be reported.

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being female
• Women aged 18-35 years
• Ability to speak and understand Turkish at a level sufficient to communicate with the researcher
• Having the technical equipment necessary to participate in a video interview
• No diagnosis of HPV positivity
• Not having received the HPV vaccine
• Not having undergone HPV DNA/Pap smear testing in the past 5 years
• No diagnosis of cervical cancer
• Voluntary willingness to participate in the study
• No diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Being male
• Having severe physical or cognitive impairments that prevent completing the questionnaire
• Being under 18 years of age or over 35 years of age
• Inability to speak or understand Turkish
• Lack of technical equipment to participate in a video interview
• Having a diagnosis of HPV positivity
• Having received the HPV vaccine
• Having undergone HPV DNA/Pap smear testing in the past 5 years
• Having a diagnosis of cervical cancer
• Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder

Not agreeing to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 1 patient group

Online Education Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

An online training session will be scheduled for the intervention group. The training will consist of two 40-minute session. After the online training, the training materials will be shared with the group. One week after the training, an informational brochure prepared on the topic will be sent to the intervention group via WhatsApp as a reminder, and any questions they may have will be answered. Two weeks after delivering the brochure, the questionnaire/scale forms will be administered to both groups as the first follow-up. Eight weeks after the first follow-up, the same forms will be administered again as the post-test. The WhatsApp group will remain open and interaction will be allowed throughout the research period.

Treatment:

Other: Contral Group

Behavioral: Online Education Intervention Group