An interventional study of Brochure and Peer Education in Vulvar Self-Examination, Health Knowledge,Practices,Attitudes and Vulva Disease, sponsored by Yeditepe University. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to female participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-18.
Sponsored by Yeditepe University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The goal of this clinical trial is to increase students' awareness about Self-Vulvar Examination (SVE), and to evaluate the effect of a peer education module and an educational brochure on students' knowledge and behaviors related to SVE.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Students; After the pretest, they will learn about KKVM through a peer education module or educational brochure, or they will be in the control group.
Three months later, a posttest will assess their knowledge and behaviors about KKVM.
Providing self vulvar examination (VSE) education to women enables them to take an active role in monitoring their own health, facilitates the early detection of potential abnormalities, and ensures timely intervention and management. Furthermore, providing VSE education to women at a young age plays a critical role in developing early awareness and establishing VSE, which is a protective health behavior, as a habit. In recent years, one of the methods used within the scope of health education is the 'peer education model,' which is one of the 'models centered on social interaction,' where students work in a way that supports each other's learning. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of peer education and an educational brochure about VSE on the knowledge and behaviors of university students regarding VSE The sample of the research; It is planned to consist of a total of 105 student, 35 in the Peer Education Group, 35 in the Brochure Group and 35 in the Control Group, who meet the inclusion criteria and voluntarily agreed to participate in the research.
During the pre-test and post-test data collection phase, it is planned to use, 'Personal Information Form', 'Vulva Health and SVE Information Form', 'SVE Behavior Determination Form', SVE Behavior Determination, Education Brochure Satisfaction Determination Form', 'Peer Education Module Satisfaction Determination Form' and 'SVE Behavior Determination Form'.
Intervention 1 (Brochure Group) consists of second-year nursing students. A brochure prepared about VSE will be distributed to this group. Before the brochure is distributed, a pre-test, consisting of the Personal Information Form and the Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form, will be administered. After the form pretest, the brochures will be distributed, and a 3-month follow-up will be conducted. At the end of the 3-month period, the VSE Knowledge Form and the VSE Behavior and Satisfaction with the Educational Brochure Form will be administered to the second-year students as a post-test. In the Intervention 2 (Peer Education Group) module, first-year nursing students will be provided with a 35-minute presentation on Vulvar Health and VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination). Following the training, the 'Satisfaction with the Peer Education Module Form' will be administered to the students. The Intervention 2 group will also have a 3-month follow-up period. At the end of the 3 months, the 'Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form' and the 'VSE Behavior Determination Form' will be transmitted online as a post-test, and the post-test data will be collected. Preparatory students will be randomly assigned to the control group. The Personal Information Form and the Vulvar Health and VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination) Knowledge Form will be administered online to these students as a pre-test. As a post-test, the Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form and the VSE Behavior Determination Form will be administered online at the end of the 3-month follow-up period.
Being a female student in the Yeditepe University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing
Exclusion Criteria:
Not being a female student in the Yeditepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department
It consists of second-year nursing students. A brochure prepared about VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination) will be distributed to this group. Before the brochure is distributed, a pre-test, consisting of the Personal Information Form and the Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form, will be administered. After the form application, the brochures will be distributed, and a 3-month follow-up will be conducted. At the end of the 3-month period, the VSE Knowledge Form and the VSE Behavior and Satisfaction with the Educational Brochure Form will be administered to the second-year students as a post-test.
Behavioral: Brochure
In the peer education module, first-year nursing students will be provided with a 35-minute presentation, which we prepared, on Vulvar Health and VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination). Following the training, the 'Satisfaction with the Peer Education Module Form' will be administered to the students. The Intervention 2 group will also have a 3-month follow-up period. At the end of the 3 months, the 'Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form' and the 'VSE Behavior Determination Form' will be transmitted online as a post-test, and the post-test data will be collected.
Behavioral: Peer Education
Preparatory students were randomly selected as the control group. The pre-tests were sent to the preparatory students online. As a post-test, the 'Vulvar Health and VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination) Knowledge Form' and the 'VSE Behavior Determination Form' will be administered online at the end of the 3-month follow-up period.
Other: Control
A brochure about the Vulvar Self-Examination (VSE) will be distributed to this group, and a three-month follow-up will be conducted. At the end of the three-month period, a posttest will be administered to second-year students to measure changes in knowledge and behavior.
Following the peer education, students will also have a 3-month follow-up period. At the end of the 3 months, the post-test data will be collected o measure changes in knowledge and behavior.
The pre-tests were sent to the control group. As a post-test, will be administered online at the end of the 3-month follow-up period.
VSE Behavior Determination Form
This form consists of two questions prepared to determine the students' VSE (Vulvar Self-Examination) practices and their reasons for not performing it."
Time frame: Baseline, 3 months post-intervention
Vulvar Health and VSE Knowledge Form
This form contains 16 questions aimed at determining the students' knowledge about vulvar health.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 months post-intervention
VSE Behavior and Satisfaction with the Educational Brochure Form
This form consists of two questions aimed at assessing the students' satisfaction with the educational method used. Participants were asked to indicate their level of satisfaction with the brochure by marking on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS).
Time frame: 3 months post-intervention
Satisfaction with the Peer Education Module Form
This form consists of three questions aimed at assessing the students' satisfaction with the educational method used. Participants were asked to indicate their level of satisfaction with the peer education by marking on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS).
Time frame: 3 months post-intervention
Plan to share: No
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Vulvar Diseases
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