Social Media Based EducationNCT07082140
The Effect of Social Media-Based Education on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Women of Childbearing Age in the Preconception Period and on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors
A study testing Social media based education in people with Social Media Based Education, run by Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
In order to determine the effect of education provided through social media on the knowledge and attitudes of women of childbearing age during the preconceptional period and its relationship with healthy lifestyle behaviors, a randomized controlled pre-test and post-test design and control group was planned. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Social Media Based Education
- What is being tested?
- Social media based education
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 80 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 5 Oct 2025to 5 Feb 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Being willing to participate in the study.
- Being a woman of childbearing age
- Planning to get pregnant within 1 year
- Using Instagram and WhatsApp
Who cannot join
- Being pregnant
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
In order to determine the effect of education provided through social media on the knowledge and attitudes of women of childbearing age during the preconceptional period and its relationship with healthy lifestyle behaviors, a randomized controlled pre-test and post-test design and control group was planned. The research universe will consist of women of childbearing age who applied to Ümraniye Education and Research Hospital, agreed to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria (N: 80). In this randomized controlled pre-test and post-test design and control group study, in order to determine the sample size; the data were normally distributed, the standard deviation of the main mass was estimated as 1 and the effect size (difference) was estimated as 0.8. For the analysis to be conducted, it was calculated that the highest power value of the study would be 0.942182 if two independent n₁=40, n₂=40 samples were taken at a significance level of 5%. The G-power analysis result is given below. In addition, after the data collection, the adequacy of the sample size in the study will be evaluated with a post hoc power analysis. Women who volunteer to participate in the study will be assigned to the intervention and control groups using a computer-aided simple random sampling method. Computer-aided randomization will be used in the study, and the number of cases will be entered through the program with the URL address https://www.randomizer.org and random assignment will be made to the intervention and control groups. Preconceptional period education will be provided to the women in the intervention group via social media. No application will be made to the control group.
- Conditions
- Social Media Based Education
- Being tested
- Social media based education
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Social media based educationOther
Participants in the intervention group will be required to follow the Instagram account created specifically for the training. The Instagram account will be made private to prevent women in the control group from accessing Instagram posts. The training provided via Instagram will last 2 weeks, including the process of sharing all posts and videos. After the completion of the training, the "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale" and the "Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale" will be applied as a post-test.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n:40) | Experimental | Participants in the intervention group will be required to follow the Instagram account created specifically for the training. The Instagram account will be made private to prevent women in the control group from accessing Instagram posts. The training provided via Instagram will last 2 weeks, including the process of sharing all posts and videos. After the completion of the training, the "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale" and the "Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale" will be applied as a post-test. Receives: Other: Social media based education |
| Control group (n:40 | No intervention | No application will be made. After all stages of the research are completed, training will be applied to the control group participants. After the research is completed, all participants will be given a brochure containing the information in the training content. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Introductory Information Form
This form, created by researchers based on literature, includes questions about the participants' age, obstetric history, healthy lifestyle behaviors, etc.
Measured: 10 minutes
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS-II)
The scale, whose validity and reliability study was conducted in our country by Bahar et al. in 2008, was developed by Walker et al. in 1996 to measure the health-enhancing behaviors of the individual in relation to a healthy lifestyle. The scale has six sub-dimensions: health responsibility (3,9,15,21,27,33,39,45,51), physical activity (4,10,16,22,28,34,40,46), nutrition (2,8,14,20,26,32,38,44,50), spiritual development (6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48,52), interpersonal relations (1,7,13,19,25,31,37,43,49) and stress management (5,11,17,23,29,35,41,47) and consists of a total of 52 items. The interpersonal relations scale sub-dimension evaluates the relationships between the individual and the environment. Communication is necessary in a healthy relationship.
Measured: 10 minutes
Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale
It was developed by Gökdemir and Eryılmaz in 2022. The original language of the scale is Turkish and it is a 5-point Likert type. The scale can be applied to married and single women between the ages of 18-45 who are of childbearing age. The Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale consists of a total of 43 items, 42 positive (straight) and 1 negative (reverse) item, and 7 sub-dimensions (factors). The distribution of the items in the scale to the factors is as follows. Factor 1 (Attitudes Towards Preconceptional Health Protection and Development): There are a total of 10 items in this dimension, consisting of items 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, and 31. Factor 2 (Attitudes Towards Fertility Planning): This dimension consists of items 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, and 40, and has a total of 7 items. Factor 3 (Attitudes Towards Living Conditions Before Having Children): This dimension consists of items 27, 29, 41, 35, and 42, and has a total of 5 items.
Measured: 10 minutes
Secondary outcomes (3)
Introductory Information Form
This form, created by researchers based on literature, includes questions about the participants' age, obstetric history, healthy lifestyle behaviors, etc.
Measured: 10 minutes
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS-II)
The scale, whose validity and reliability study was conducted in our country by Bahar et al. in 2008, was developed by Walker et al. in 1996 to measure the health-enhancing behaviors of the individual in relation to a healthy lifestyle. The scale has six sub-dimensions: health responsibility (3,9,15,21,27,33,39,45,51), physical activity (4,10,16,22,28,34,40,46), nutrition (2,8,14,20,26,32,38,44,50), spiritual development (6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48,52), interpersonal relations (1,7,13,19,25,31,37,43,49) and stress management (5,11,17,23,29,35,41,47) and consists of a total of 52 items. The interpersonal relations scale sub-dimension evaluates the relationships between the individual and the environment. Communication is necessary in a healthy relationship.
Measured: 10 minutes
Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale
It was developed by Gökdemir and Eryılmaz in 2022. The original language of the scale is Turkish and it is a 5-point Likert type. The scale can be applied to married and single women between the ages of 18-45 who are of childbearing age. The Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale consists of a total of 43 items, 42 positive (straight) and 1 negative (reverse) item, and 7 sub-dimensions (factors). The distribution of the items in the scale to the factors is as follows. Factor 1 (Attitudes Towards Preconceptional Health Protection and Development): There are a total of 10 items in this dimension, consisting of items 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, and 31. Factor 2 (Attitudes Towards Fertility Planning): This dimension consists of items 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, and 40, and has a total of 7 items. Factor 3 (Attitudes Towards Living Conditions Before Having Children): This dimension consists of items 27, 29, 41, 35, and 42, and has a total of 5 items.
Measured: 10 minutes
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Jul 2025
- Study start5 Oct 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion5 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion5 Feb 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Social Media Based EducationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Saglik Bilimleri UniversitesiThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 80 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, YASEMİN AYDIN KARTAL, Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07082140
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- SBU-AYDINKARTAL-012
- Status last verified
- Jul 2025
- First submitted
- 7 Dec 2024
- Last updated
- 24 Jul 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Jul 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Social Media-Based Education on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Women of Childbearing Age in the Preconception Period and on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07082140
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SBU-AYDINKARTAL-012
- Conditions
- Social Media Based Education
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 80 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri UniversitesiUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 5 Oct 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 5 Dec 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 5 Feb 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 24 Jul 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
In order to determine the effect of education provided through social media on the knowledge and attitudes of women of childbearing age during the preconceptional period and its relationship with healthy lifestyle behaviors, a randomized controlled pre-test and post-test design and control group was planned. The research universe will consist of women of childbearing age who applied to Ümraniye Education and Research Hospital, agreed to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria (N: 80). In this randomized controlled pre-test and post-test design and control group study, in order to determine the sample size; the data were normally distributed, the standard deviation of the main mass was estimated as 1 and the effect size (difference) was estimated as 0.8. For the analysis to be conducted, it was calculated that the highest power value of the study would be 0.942182 if two independent n₁=40, n₂=40 samples were taken at a significance level of 5%. The G-power analysis result is given below. In addition, after the data collection, the adequacy of the sample size in the study will be evaluated with a post hoc power analysis. Women who volunteer to participate in the study will be assigned to the intervention and control groups using a computer-aided simple random sampling method. Computer-aided randomization will be used in the study, and the number of cases will be entered through the program with the URL address https://www.randomizer.org and random assignment will be made to the intervention and control groups. Preconceptional period education will be provided to the women in the intervention group via social media. No application will be made to the control group.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n:40) | Experimental | Other: Social media based educationParticipants in the intervention group will be required to follow the Instagram account created specifically for the training. The Instagram account will be made private to prevent women in the control group from accessing Instagram posts. The training provided via Instagram will last 2 weeks, including the process of sharing all posts and videos. After the completion of the training, the "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale" and the "Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale" will be applied as a post-test. |
| Control group (n:40 | No intervention | –No application will be made. After all stages of the research are completed, training will be applied to the control group participants. After the research is completed, all participants will be given a brochure containing the information in the training content. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Being willing to participate in the study.
- Being a woman of childbearing age
- Planning to get pregnant within 1 year
- Using Instagram and WhatsApp
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Being pregnant
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Social media based educationParticipants in the intervention group will be required to follow the Instagram account created specifically for the training. The Instagram account will be made private to prevent women in the control group from accessing Instagram posts. The training provided via Instagram will last 2 weeks, including the process of sharing all posts and videos. After the completion of the training, the "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale" and the "Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale" will be applied as a post-test. | Other | Intervention group (n:40) |
Primary outcome
Introductory Information Form
Time frame: 10 minutes
This form, created by researchers based on literature, includes questions about the participants' age, obstetric history, healthy lifestyle behaviors, etc.
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS-II)
Time frame: 10 minutes
The scale, whose validity and reliability study was conducted in our country by Bahar et al. in 2008, was developed by Walker et al. in 1996 to measure the health-enhancing behaviors of the individual in relation to a healthy lifestyle. The scale has six sub-dimensions: health responsibility (3,9,15,21,27,33,39,45,51), physical activity (4,10,16,22,28,34,40,46), nutrition (2,8,14,20,26,32,38,44,50), spiritual development (6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48,52), interpersonal relations (1,7,13,19,25,31,37,43,49) and stress management (5,11,17,23,29,35,41,47) and consists of a total of 52 items. The interpersonal relations scale sub-dimension evaluates the relationships between the individual and the environment. Communication is necessary in a healthy relationship.
Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale
Time frame: 10 minutes
It was developed by Gökdemir and Eryılmaz in 2022. The original language of the scale is Turkish and it is a 5-point Likert type. The scale can be applied to married and single women between the ages of 18-45 who are of childbearing age. The Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale consists of a total of 43 items, 42 positive (straight) and 1 negative (reverse) item, and 7 sub-dimensions (factors). The distribution of the items in the scale to the factors is as follows. Factor 1 (Attitudes Towards Preconceptional Health Protection and Development): There are a total of 10 items in this dimension, consisting of items 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, and 31. Factor 2 (Attitudes Towards Fertility Planning): This dimension consists of items 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, and 40, and has a total of 7 items. Factor 3 (Attitudes Towards Living Conditions Before Having Children): This dimension consists of items 27, 29, 41, 35, and 42, and has a total of 5 items.
3 secondary outcomes
Introductory Information Form
Time frame: 10 minutes
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale (HLBS-II)
Time frame: 10 minutes
Preconceptional Knowledge and Attitude Scale
Time frame: 10 minutes
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Jul 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Social media based education in people with Social Media Based Education, run by Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Jul 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Yasemin AYDIN KARTAL, PhD (+90 543 287 00 29, yasemin.aydin@sbu.edu.tr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Introductory Information Form (time frame: 10 minutes). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Jul 2025.