Health Literacy Level
Conditions
Keywords
health literacy, nursing education, undergraduate student, education
Brief summary
To determine the effect of health literacy education given to nursing students. The study was conducted at two university nursing departments in Turkey between December 2018 and March 2019. A total of 206 nursing students, 103 in the intervention and 103 in the control group, were included in the study. Health literacy education, consisting of four sessions, was given to the intervention group.
Interventions
Health literacy education, consisting of four sessions, was given to the intervention group.
Sponsors
Ayşegül Akca
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 32 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Inadequate (0-25 points) health literacy level * Problematic-limited (25-33 points) health literacy level * Accepting to participate in the research * Accepting to participate in the research
Exclusion criteria
* Adequate (33-42 points) health literacy level * Excellent (42-50 points) health literacy level * Foreign language students with limited language proficiency * Visual-hearing disability * Having a neuropsychiatric disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health literacy level (the Turkey's Health Literacy Scale (THLS-32)) | before the implementation | The level of health literacy was evaluated in four categories according to the score obtained: (0-25) points: inadequate health literacy, (\> 25-33) points: problematic - limited health literacy, (\> 33-42) points: adequate health literacy, and (\> 42-50) points: excellent health literacy. The health literacy level of the students was determined and the intervention and control group was selected from among the students with insufficient and problematic-limited health literacy level. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed