THE EFFECT OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM BASED ON THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL ON THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOR OF FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF NURSING

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Status: Completed

Conditions: THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL ON THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BELIEFS

Treatments: Other: The health belief model-based exercise training program and health belief model-based education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06457893

E-76261397-050.99-167339

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of the Health Belief Model-Based Education Program on the Physical Activity Beliefs and Behaviors of First Year Students of the Faculty of Nursing using a randomized controlled experimental research method.

Full description

The research was conducted in a randomized controlled manner between December 2022 and October 2023, among first-year students of the faculty of nursing who wanted to participate in an education program based on the health belief model. The study was completed with a total of 121 students, 60 in the experimental group and 61 in the control group. The health belief model-based exercise training program was implemented with the students in the experimental group for 5 weeks and follow-ups were made at the 3rd and 6th months. No intervention was made to the students in the control group. Experimental and control group data were collected with the Student Personal Information Form, Exercise Health Belief Model Scale and International Physical Activity Short Survey Form. Data were evaluated with descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney-U, Chi-square, Independent Sample T Test, Paired Sample Test and ANOVA analysis.

Enrollment: 121 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 18 years of age
• No language barrier in communication.
• Not having any disease or illness (arrhythmia, heart disease, bronchitis, chronic herniated disc pain, chronic neck herniated pain) that would prevent participation in the study.
• Not having received structured training for physical activity.

Exclusion criteria

• Foreign students
• Students who fill out any of the forms related to the study incompletely (experiment, control)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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121 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Experimental group

Description:

The study includes with a total of 121 students, 60 in the experimental group and 61 in the control group. No intervention will be made to the students in the control group

Treatment:

Other: The health belief model-based exercise training program and health belief model-based education

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

The study includes with a total of 121 students, 60 in the experimental group and 61 in the control group. The health belief model-based exercise training program will implement with the students in the experimental group for 5 weeks and follow-ups will be made at the 3rd and 6th months.

Treatment:

Other: The health belief model-based exercise training program and health belief model-based education