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Menstruation after menarche is a multidimensional experience affecting adolescents' quality of life, school attendance, and psychological adjustment. Educational and awareness-based interventions improve menstrual knowledge, attitudes, and coping behaviors; however, randomized controlled trials evaluating hybrid body awareness-based interventions are limited.
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a hybrid body awareness-based intervention on menstrual symptoms, menstrual attitudes, and self-regulation levels in post-menarche adolescent girls.
Menstrual experience in adolescence includes physiological, cognitive, and emotional components. Negative menstrual attitudes have been associated with increased symptom perception and poorer coping strategies. Educational interventions have been shown to improve menstrual health awareness and behaviors.
Body awareness and self-regulation are psychological constructs that may influence menstrual experience and symptom management. However, there is a lack of randomized controlled trials examining hybrid (face-to-face and online) body awareness-based interventions targeting menstrual outcomes.
This randomized controlled study will evaluate the effectiveness of a 4-week hybrid body awareness-based intervention program on menstrual symptoms, menstrual attitudes, and self-regulation levels in adolescent girls within 1-2 years after menarche.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Experimental Group | Experimental | Participants will receive a 4-week hybrid body awareness-based intervention consisting of two face-to-face and two online sessions. |
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| Control Group | No Intervention | Participants will receive routine care without any structured intervention. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Hybrid Body Awareness-Based Intervention | Behavioral | The intervention includes menstrual education, body awareness exercises, emotional awareness, and self-regulation strategies delivered through a structured 4-session program. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Menstrual Symptoms | Measure: Menstrual Symptom Subscale;All items in the Symptom section are reverse-coded, and each subscale is scored separately; no total score is calculated. Higher subscale scores indicate a more favorable condition, reflecting reduced symptom severity. The possible score ranges are 5-25 for physical symptoms, 4-20 for emotional symptoms, and 2-10 for eating behavior. The scale is rated on a five-point Likert type (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree). In the original reliability study, Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the subscales were 0.76, 0.76, and 0.76, and McDonald's omega was 0.87. In the present study, Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated as 0.85, 0.84, and 0.86, respectively. | Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks |
| Menstrual Attitudes | Measure: Menstrual Attitude Subscale; The Attitude section consists of 19 items and four subscales: perception of menstruation, discomfort and concealment, emotions, and perceiving menstruation as an indicator of health. Items 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 are reverse-coded in this section. Higher subscale scores indicate more positive attitudes. The possible score ranges are 8-40 for perception of menstruation, 5-25 for discomfort and concealment, 3-15 for emotions, and 3-15 for perceiving menstruation as an indicator of health. The sections of the scale can be used separately or together, and each subscale is evaluated independently to determine the level of menstrual symptoms and attitudes. In the original reliability study, Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the subscales were 0.76, 0.69, 0.65, and 0.70, and McDonald's omega was 0.83. In the present study, Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated as 0.90, 0.84, 0.89, and 0.95, respectively. | Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Self-Regulation Level | Measure: Adolescent Self-Regulation Scale; The Self-Regulation Skills Scale (minimum-maximum score: 11-55; higher scores indicate better self-regulation) was developed to assess adolescents' self-regulation skills. The scale consists of 11 items and has a unidimensional structure. Items are rated on a five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). In the original reliability study, Cronbach's alpha was 0.90, McDonald's omega was 0.89, and the Composite Reliability (CR) was 0.89. The test-retest correlation was 0.78, indicating temporal stability. In the present study, Cronbach's alpha was calculated as 0.92. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
female
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| hakan AVAN, Dr. | Contact | +905533989840 | hakanavan@gmail.com |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Health Practice and Research Hospital | Kahramanmaraş | 46000 | Turkey (Türkiye) |
Individual participant data (IPD) will not be publicly shared due to the need to protect participant confidentiality and privacy. Data may be made available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request and with appropriate ethical approval.
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| ID | Term |
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| D000068356 | Self-Control |
| ID | Term |
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| D012919 | Social Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks |