An interventional study of Protection Motivation Theory-Based Educational Program in Infectious Disease Prevention, sponsored by Yuzuncu Yil University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-27.
Sponsored by Yuzuncu Yil University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a Protection Motivation Theory-based educational intervention on infectious disease perception, risk awareness, and protective health behaviors among adults attending primary care services. Participants will be assigned to an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group will receive a face-to-face educational program based on Protection Motivation Theory, while the control group will continue to receive routine health services without an additional educational intervention during the study period. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and at Week 4 using validated self-report measures.
This study is a controlled quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design. It will be conducted among adults attending a primary care center. The study is designed to evaluate whether an educational intervention based on Protection Motivation Theory can improve participants' perceptions of infectious diseases, awareness of infectious disease risks, and protective health behaviors.
Participants will be allocated to an intervention group and a control group. Before the intervention, participants in both groups will complete baseline assessments. Participants in the intervention group will then receive a face-to-face educational program based on Protection Motivation Theory. The educational content will address routes of infectious disease transmission, prevention methods, hand hygiene, mask use, environmental hygiene, maintenance of immunity, risk awareness, and protective health behaviors. Participants in the control group will not receive the educational intervention during the study period and will continue to receive routine health services.
At Week 4, participants in both groups will complete the post-intervention assessments. Changes in infectious disease perception, risk awareness, and protective health behaviors will be evaluated by comparing pre-intervention and post-intervention measurements between and within the groups.
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Participants in this arm will receive a face-to-face educational program based on Protection Motivation Theory. The program will address infectious disease transmission routes, prevention methods, hand hygiene, mask use, environmental hygiene, maintenance of immunity, risk awareness, and protective health behaviors.
Behavioral: Protection Motivation Theory-Based Educational Program
Participants in this arm will not receive the Protection Motivation Theory-based educational intervention during the study period and will continue to receive routine health services. They will complete the same pretest and posttest assessments as the intervention group.
Participants in the intervention group will receive a face-to-face educational program based on Protection Motivation Theory. The program will cover infectious disease transmission routes, prevention methods, hand hygiene, mask use, environmental hygiene, maintenance of immunity, risk awareness, and protective health behaviors. The intervention is designed to enhance threat appraisal and coping appraisal related to infectious disease prevention and to promote protective health behaviors.
Change in Communicable Diseases Risk Awareness and Protection
Communicable disease risk awareness and protection will be assessed using the Communicable Diseases Risk Awareness and Protection Scale (CDRAPS). The scale consists of 36 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale, with total scores ranging from 36 to 180. Higher scores indicate higher levels of communicable disease risk awareness and protection. Change in total score from baseline to Week 4 will be evaluated.
Time frame: Baseline and Week 4
Change in Perception Toward Infectious Diseases
Perception toward infectious diseases will be assessed using the Perception Scale for Infectious Diseases. The scale consists of 34 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale, with total scores ranging from 34 to 170. Higher scores indicate a more positive perception toward infectious diseases. Change in total score from baseline to Week 4 will be evaluated.
Time frame: Baseline and Week 4
Change in Preventive Health Behaviors for Emerging Infectious Diseases
Preventive health behaviors will be assessed using the Turkish version of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Preventive Health Behavior Scale (EID-PHB-T-30). The scale consists of 30 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale, with total scores ranging from 30 to 150. Higher scores indicate higher levels of preventive health behaviors against emerging infectious diseases. Change in total score from baseline to Week 4 will be evaluated.
Time frame: Baseline and Week 4
Plan to share: No
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