An interventional study of Comic-Based Patient Rights Education and Routine Patient Rights Education in Patient Rights, sponsored by Abant Izzet Baysal University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-12.
Sponsored by Abant Izzet Baysal University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
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The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether comic-based education improves attitudes toward the use of patient rights among adults receiving inpatient care. The main question is whether patients who receive comic-based patient rights education have more positive attitudes toward using their patient rights than patients who receive routine verbal and written patient rights education.
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The intervention group will receive an approximately 15-minute, individual, face-to-face patient rights education session using a comic-based educational brochure. The control group will receive the hospital's routine patient rights education, consisting of verbal and written information provided by clinical nurses for approximately 15 minutes. Attitudes toward the use of patient rights will be measured before and immediately after the education in both groups.
This prospective, parallel-group randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effect of comic-based patient rights education on attitudes toward the use of patient rights among adult inpatients. Participants will be assigned to the intervention or control group using block randomization with a 1:1 allocation ratio.
Participants in the intervention group will receive a single, approximately 15-minute, individual face-to-face educational session using a comic-based patient rights brochure. The brochure was developed based on the Turkish Patient Rights Regulation and presents patient rights through visual narratives and short patient-nurse dialogues. The educational content includes access to health services, obtaining information, choosing or changing healthcare institutions and healthcare professionals, privacy, consent, access to and correction of medical records, respect and dignity, visiting and accompanying persons, respect for religious beliefs, and rights related to applications, complaints, and legal action.
Participants in the control group will receive routine patient rights education provided in the hospital. This education will be delivered individually by clinical nurses using verbal explanations and the institution's standard written educational materials and will last approximately 15 minutes.
Attitudes toward the use of patient rights will be assessed in both groups before the educational intervention and immediately after completion of the education using the Patient Rights Utilization Attitude Scale. The primary analysis will compare post-intervention scores between the groups while controlling for baseline scores.
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Participants assigned to this arm will receive a single, individual, face-to-face patient rights education session using a comic-based educational brochure developed in accordance with the Turkish Patient Rights Regulation. The education will be delivered by the researcher and will last approximately 15 minutes. The brochure will be provided to the participant after the education.
Behavioral: Comic-Based Patient Rights Education
Participants assigned to this arm will receive the hospital's routine patient rights education. The education will be provided individually by clinical nurses through verbal information supported by the institution's standard written educational materials and will last approximately 15 minutes.
Behavioral: Routine Patient Rights Education
Participants will receive a single, individual, face-to-face patient rights education session using a comic-based educational brochure developed in accordance with the Turkish Patient Rights Regulation. The education will be delivered by the researcher and will last approximately 15 minutes. The brochure presents patient rights through visual narratives and short patient-nurse dialogues and will be provided to the participant after the education.
Participants will receive the hospital's routine patient rights education provided individually by clinical nurses. The education will consist of verbal information supported by the institution's standard written educational materials and will last approximately 15 minutes.
Post-Intervention Patient Rights Utilization Attitude Scale Score
Attitudes toward the use of patient rights will be assessed using the Patient Rights Utilization Attitude Scale. The scale consists of 29 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Total scores range from 29 to 145, with higher scores indicating more positive attitudes toward using patient rights. The primary analysis will compare post-intervention scores between the intervention and control groups while adjusting for baseline scores.
Time frame: Immediately after the approximately 15-minute educational intervention
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Start is estimated for Nov 2026; primary completion for Nov 2026, 0 months later.
Of 292 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Health Education, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 24. This study's planned 0 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 293 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 24.
Since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026, the dates moved once, on Nov 12, 2026: start Sep 2026 → Nov 2026, primary completion Sep 2026 → Nov 2026 and completion Oct 2026 → Nov 2026.
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