Genital Hygiene Training Provided to Turkish Women
Genital Hygiene, Genital Hygiene Behaviors, Self-care Agency
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Genital Hygiene focused on measuring genital hygiene, vulvovaginal candidiasis, genital infection, self-care, rural area
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: women who tested positive on at least one culture test and received and treatment for vulvovaginal candidiasis in the last year according to the registry of the Family Health Centers, within the age range of 18-49 years, not having a systemic disease, and not being pregnant or puerpera between the dates when the study was conducted. Exclusion Criteria: Those who cannot communicate in Turkish, who are illiterate
Sites / Locations
- Esra Sabanci Baransel
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
genital hygiene training
Routine checks
Following the pretest, "genital hygiene behaviors training" was provided to the women in the intervention group by E.S.B., one the researchers. In addition, a genital hygiene brochure prepared by the researchers which included the same content as the training was given to each participant. The training program was carried out as oral instruction as well as using the demonstration method which is called as "tell-show-do". Individual questions of the women were answered at the end of the training. In the first meeting with the women, 2 sessions of 45 minutes with a 10-minute break were held in the counselling rooms of the relevant family health centers. Four weeks after these sessions, a 45-minute session was held in order to reinforce the training with the same method. Four weeks after the data collection tools used in the research were filled in as a pre-test, post-test data were obtained with the same measurement tools.
The researchers applied no initiative to the control group, and the women in the control group solely had the routine checks. The women in the control group filled out all pretest forms (A sociodemographic questionnaire, Genital Hygiene Behavior Inventory (GHBI), and Self-Care Agency Scale (SCAS). The post-test forms (GHBI, SCAS) were re-administered 4 weeks later to women who did not receive any intervention.