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NCT Number: NCT07790367

Protection Motivation Theory-Based Education for Infectious Disease Prevention in Primary Care

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Infectious Disease Prevention Adherence Interventions Behavior Communicable Diseases Disease Attributes Health Behavior Health Education Infections Medication Adherence Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Patient Acceptance of Health Care Patient Compliance Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Being 18 years of age or older.
  • Being registered with and receiving services from the family health center where the study is conducted.
  • Being able to communicate in Turkish.
  • Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study.
  • Being able to complete the study questionnaires and participate in the educational intervention.

Exclusion criteria

  • Having a condition that prevents effective communication or participation in the educational intervention.
  • Declining to participate or withdrawing consent at any stage of the study.
  • Failing to complete the required pre-intervention or post-intervention assessments.

Treatment and study plan

Protection Motivation Theory-Based Educational Program

Behavioral

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Communicable Diseases Risk Awareness and Protection

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 4

    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.

  2. Change in Perception Toward Infectious Diseases

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 4

    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.

  3. Change in Preventive Health Behaviors for Emerging Infectious Diseases

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 4

    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.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Muhammet Faruk Yiğit, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+90 542 424 76 29

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yuzuncu Yil University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Protection Motivation Theory-Based Education on Infectious Disease Perception, Risk Awareness, and Protective Health Behaviors in Primary Care

Acronym: PMT-ID

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Aug 27, 2026
Registry last updated
Aug 27, 2026

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