NCT06497803

The Effect of Nurse-Led Body Protection Education in Students With Visual Impairments

The Effect of Nurse-Led Body Protection Education on the Sexual Abuse Knowledge Levels of Students With Visual Impairments: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 53 (actual)
• Sponsor: Marmara University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In the study, it was aimed to examine the effect of nurse-led body protection education on the sexual abuse knowledge levels of students with visual impairments.

Detailed description

Children with visual impairments form a risky group in terms of abuse as they are more dependent in relation to providing self-care compared to children with visually healthy and they use their sense of touch in communicating with the environment. The 53 students with visual impairments were randomly assigned to the intervention group and the control group. The study data were collected through children's knowledge of abuse questionnaire - revised with the subdimensions of good touch and bad touch. Nurse-led body protection education was provided to the intervention group in groups of 3-4 in 40 minutes. The education was provided as verbal narration by using a doll and distress whistle. In addition, two weeks after the post-test, a reminder education brochure prepared with the braille alphabet was distributed to the students in the intervention group.

Conditions

• Child Sexual Abuse
• Disability, Vision

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Nurse-Led Body Protection Education	Based on BST and Safe Touches education programs and in line with the studies conducted in the literature on children who are not visually impaired, NLBPE was created by the researchers (Akgul et al., 2021; Citak-Tunc et al., 2018; Pulido, 2019; Wurtele, 2007). The program aims to teach visually impaired children how to protect the private parts of their bodies, to distinguish between good and bad touch, to distinguish between good and bad secrets, to say no, scream, and ask for help when necessary. As education tools, dolls and distress whistles were used. In order for children to learn the private parts of their bodies, a doll was used. The practice of "Say No, Scream, Run, and Blow Your Whistle While Running" in order for the students to protect their body from bad touch was applied by the students one by one firstly, and in groups later.
OTHER	Reminder Education Brochure	The brochure was prepared in line with the NLBPE and included what is a good touch and a bad touch, how to distinguish a good touch from a bad touch, examples of good touch and bad touch, and what to do when encountered with a bad touch (Say No, Scream, Run, and Blow Your Whistle While Running). The brochure, the content of which was prepared by the researcher, was translated into Braille Alphabet by a visually impaired teacher working at the school where the research was conducted, before it was distributed to the intervention group members.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-08
• Primary completion: 2021-11-26
• Completion: 2022-01-07
• First posted: 2024-07-12
• Last updated: 2024-07-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)