Climate AnxietyNCT07610421
ECOLOGICAL MESSAGE FRAMING AND SUSTAINABLE MENSTRUAL PRODUCT CHOICES
A study testing Gain-framed ecological message, Loss-framed ecological message and Neutral informational message in people with Climate Anxiety and Menstrual Product Choice, run by Ankara Medipol University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
Background: Climate change is an increasing public health concern, with growing evidence linking climate change anxiety to health behaviors. Message framing (loss-framed, gain-framed, neutral) is a key strategy in behavioral medicine that may influence both emotional responses and environmentally related health… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 45 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Climate Anxiety, Menstrual Product Choice, Environmental Sustainability
- What is being tested?
- Gain-framed ecological message, Loss-framed ecological message and Neutral informational message
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 246 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 16 Sep 2025to 31 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
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 to 45 years
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Women aged 18 to 45 years
- Having regular menstrual cycles
- Having sufficient proficiency in reading and understanding Turkish
- Providing voluntary informed consent to participate
Who cannot join
- Women without a menstrual cycle
- Menopausal women
- Women with visual or cognitive impairments that prevent understanding the study messages
- Participants who submitted incomplete survey forms
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Framing the Climate Crisis: Effects of Gain- and Loss-Based Ecological Messages on Climate Anxiety and Sustainable Menstrual Product Choices
Background: Climate change is an increasing public health concern, with growing evidence linking climate change anxiety to health behaviors. Message framing (loss-framed, gain-framed, neutral) is a key strategy in behavioral medicine that may influence both emotional responses and environmentally related health behaviors, including menstrual product choices.
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of message framing strategies on women's climate change anxiety, attitudes toward environmental sustainability of menstrual products, and menstrual product preference tendencies.
Keywords: Menstrual Hygiene Products, climate change, message framing, eco-anxiety, environmental sustainability, women's health
- Being tested
- Gain-framed ecological message, Loss-framed ecological message, Neutral informational message
- Keywords
- message framing, climate change anxiety, eco-anxiety, sustainable menstrual products, menstrual hygiene products, women's health, environmental sustainability
- Medical subject headings
- Health Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Gain-framed ecological messageBehavioural
A standardized text-based message emphasizing the benefits of reusable and sustainable menstrual products for environmental protection, individual health, and long-term economic savings. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes.
Loss-framed ecological messageBehavioural
A standardized text-based message highlighting the environmental and health-related risks associated with disposable and plastic-containing menstrual products, including plastic waste, microplastics, carbon footprint, and ecological harm. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes.
Neutral informational messageBehavioural
A standardized text-based neutral message describing disposable and reusable menstrual products, product materials, waste generation, accessibility, cost, comfort, and user-related factors without emotional gain or loss framing.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Gain-framed ecological message | Experimental | A standardized text-based message emphasizing the benefits of reusable and sustainable menstrual products for environmental protection, individual health, and long-term economic savings. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes. Receives: Behavioral: Gain-framed ecological message |
| Loss-framed ecological message | Experimental | A standardized text-based message highlighting the environmental and health-related risks associated with disposable and plastic-containing menstrual products, including plastic waste, microplastics, carbon footprint, and ecological harm. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes. Receives: Behavioral: Loss-framed ecological message |
| Neutral informational message | Experimental | A standardized text-based neutral message describing disposable and reusable menstrual products, product materials, waste generation, accessibility, cost, comfort, and user-related factors without emotional gain or loss framing. Receives: Behavioral: Neutral informational message |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Climate Change Anxiety Score
Climate change anxiety was measured using the Climate Change Anxiety Scale. The scale consists of 10 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 to 4. Total scores range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher levels of climate change anxiety.
Measured: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Secondary outcomes (4)
Environmental Sustainability Attitude Toward Menstrual Products
Environmental sustainability attitude toward menstrual products was assessed using the Menstrual Product Preference and Environmental Sustainability Questionnaire. The total score ranges from 0 to 48, with higher scores indicating greater environmental sustainability orientation toward menstrual product use.
Measured: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Environmental Awareness Score
Environmental awareness was assessed using the environmental awareness subdimension of the Menstrual Product Preference and Environmental Sustainability Questionnaire. Higher scores indicate greater awareness of the environmental impact of menstrual products.
Measured: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Sustainable Menstrual Product Preference Score
Sustainable menstrual product preference was assessed using the product preference subdimension of the Menstrual Product Preference and Environmental Sustainability Questionnaire. Higher scores indicate stronger intention or tendency to choose environmentally sustainable menstrual products.
Measured: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Accessibility and Information-Seeking Score
Accessibility and information-seeking were assessed using the accessibility and information-seeking subdimension of the Menstrual Product Preference and Environmental Sustainability Questionnaire. Higher scores indicate greater perceived access to sustainable menstrual products and greater willingness to seek information.
Measured: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 May 2026
- Study start16 Sep 2025
- Primary completion1 Dec 2025
- Study completion31 Dec 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Climate AnxietyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- Model description
- Participants were randomly assigned to one of three parallel groups: gain-framed ecological message, loss-framed ecological message, or neutral informational message. Each participant received only one text-based message condition, and outcomes were assessed immediately after message exposure in a single online survey session.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 246 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ankara Medipol University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Tuğba Tahta, Ankara Medipol University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07610421
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AMU-EBE-2025-179
- Other IDs
- 85859696-604.01.01-9807
- Status last verified
- May 2026
- First submitted
- 18 May 2026
- Last updated
- 28 May 2026
- 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 28 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Framing the Climate Crisis: Effects of Gain- and Loss-Based Ecological Messages on Climate Anxiety and Sustainable Menstrual Product Choices
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07610421
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AMU-EBE-2025-179
- Keywords
- message framing, climate change anxiety, eco-anxiety, sustainable menstrual products, menstrual hygiene products, women's health, environmental sustainability
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 246 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ankara Medipol UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 16 Sep 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Dec 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 May 2026 (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.
Background: Climate change is an increasing public health concern, with growing evidence linking climate change anxiety to health behaviors. Message framing (loss-framed, gain-framed, neutral) is a key strategy in behavioral medicine that may influence both emotional responses and environmentally related health behaviors, including menstrual product choices.
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of message framing strategies on women's climate change anxiety, attitudes toward environmental sustainability of menstrual products, and menstrual product preference tendencies.
Keywords: Menstrual Hygiene Products, climate change, message framing, eco-anxiety, environmental sustainability, women's health
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 3
- Model description
- Participants were randomly assigned to one of three parallel groups: gain-framed ecological message, loss-framed ecological message, or neutral informational message. Each participant received only one text-based message condition, and outcomes were assessed immediately after message exposure in a single online survey session.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Gain-framed ecological message | Experimental | Behavioral: Gain-framed ecological messageA standardized text-based message emphasizing the benefits of reusable and sustainable menstrual products for environmental protection, individual health, and long-term economic savings. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes. |
| Loss-framed ecological message | Experimental | Behavioral: Loss-framed ecological messageA standardized text-based message highlighting the environmental and health-related risks associated with disposable and plastic-containing menstrual products, including plastic waste, microplastics, carbon footprint, and ecological harm. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes. |
| Neutral informational message | Experimental | Behavioral: Neutral informational messageA standardized text-based neutral message describing disposable and reusable menstrual products, product materials, waste generation, accessibility, cost, comfort, and user-related factors without emotional gain or loss framing. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 45 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Women aged 18 to 45 years
- Having regular menstrual cycles
- Having sufficient proficiency in reading and understanding Turkish
- Providing voluntary informed consent to participate
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Women without a menstrual cycle
- Menopausal women
- Women with visual or cognitive impairments that prevent understanding the study messages
- Participants who submitted incomplete survey forms
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gain-framed ecological messageA standardized text-based message emphasizing the benefits of reusable and sustainable menstrual products for environmental protection, individual health, and long-term economic savings. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes. | Behavioural | Gain-framed ecological message |
| Loss-framed ecological messageA standardized text-based message highlighting the environmental and health-related risks associated with disposable and plastic-containing menstrual products, including plastic waste, microplastics, carbon footprint, and ecological harm. The message exposure lasted approximately 2-3 minutes. | Behavioural | Loss-framed ecological message |
| Neutral informational messageA standardized text-based neutral message describing disposable and reusable menstrual products, product materials, waste generation, accessibility, cost, comfort, and user-related factors without emotional gain or loss framing. | Behavioural | Neutral informational message |
Primary outcome
Climate Change Anxiety Score
Time frame: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Climate change anxiety was measured using the Climate Change Anxiety Scale. The scale consists of 10 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 to 4. Total scores range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher levels of climate change anxiety.
4 secondary outcomes
Environmental Sustainability Attitude Toward Menstrual Products
Time frame: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Environmental Awareness Score
Time frame: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Sustainable Menstrual Product Preference Score
Time frame: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Accessibility and Information-Seeking Score
Time frame: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 May 2026.
- 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. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Gain-framed ecological message, Loss-framed ecological message and Neutral informational message in people with Climate Anxiety and Menstrual Product Choice, run by Ankara Medipol University 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 4 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 May 2026. 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?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Climate Change Anxiety Score (time frame: Immediately after message exposure, in the same online survey session). 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 28 May 2026.