Preconceptional Period and Transtheoretically Based Education

Launched by ANKARA MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY · Jan 8, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at how a specific type of education can help women improve their health behaviors before they become pregnant. The period before pregnancy, known as the preconceptional period, is really important for women to make healthy changes, especially if they have risky lifestyle habits. The study uses a method called the transtheoretical model, which helps people understand the steps they go through when trying to change their behavior. By participating, women will receive training aimed at helping them adopt healthier habits, which could lead to better outcomes for them and their future pregnancies.

To be eligible for this study, women need to be between 18 and 49 years old, not going through menopause, and able to speak and understand Turkish. They should be sexually active, considering pregnancy within the next two years, and have specific risk factors related to their lifestyle. However, women with certain health conditions, like serious mental illness or chronic diseases such as diabetes or high blood pressure, won’t be able to participate. If you qualify and choose to join, you can expect to learn valuable information and strategies to help you lead a healthier lifestyle before having a baby.

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Volunteering to participate in the research
• • Being between the ages of 18-49 and not going through menopause
• • Not having problems in speaking and understanding Turkish
• • To be able to read and write
• • Being sexually active
• • Thinking about becoming pregnant in the next 2 years
• • Having the risk score determined from the 'Preconceptional Risky Life Behaviours in Women Diagnostic Scale' to be developed by the researchers
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Psychiatric illness
• • Having chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, etc.)