The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent Girls

Background: Adolescence is a critical stage of life with a significant role in reproduction and fertility. Interventions are needed to promote the health of adolescent girls as prospective mothers. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of motivational interviewing on adolescent gir...

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Main Authors: Sarah Mohamadi, Omid Garkaz, Seyed Abbas Mousavi, Afsaneh Keramat, Shahrbanoo Goli, Zahra Motaghi
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Language:English
Published: Kashan University of Medical Sciences 2021-01-01
Series:Nursing and Midwifery Studies
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Online Access:http://www.nmsjournal.com/article.asp?issn=2322-1488;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=13;epage=19;aulast=Mohamadi
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author Sarah Mohamadi
Omid Garkaz
Seyed Abbas Mousavi
Afsaneh Keramat
Shahrbanoo Goli
Zahra Motaghi
author_facet Sarah Mohamadi
Omid Garkaz
Seyed Abbas Mousavi
Afsaneh Keramat
Shahrbanoo Goli
Zahra Motaghi
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description Background: Adolescence is a critical stage of life with a significant role in reproduction and fertility. Interventions are needed to promote the health of adolescent girls as prospective mothers. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of motivational interviewing on adolescent girls' puberty knowledge and practice. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2018 on 240 eighth-grade female students recruited through multistage sampling from ten high schools in Shahroud, Iran. Schools were allocated into an intervention group and a control group through simple randomization. Participants in the intervention group received a five-session puberty-related motivational interviewing intervention. Puberty knowledge and practice in both groups were assessed before, immediately after, and 1 month after the intervention. Data were analyzed through the Chi-square and the independent-samples t-tests and the repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results: Participants' age was 14.47 ± 0.51 years, on average. About 70% of them had poor or moderate puberty knowledge. Although there was no statistically significant between-group difference respecting the mean scores of puberty knowledge and practice at pretest (P > 0.05), the mean scores of puberty knowledge and practice in the intervention group were significantly higher than the control group at both posttests (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Motivational interviewing is effective in improving adolescent girls' puberty knowledge and practice.
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spelling doaj.art-bcbbd26b7c5e4ed0a1ec3b161d006b1d2023-09-02T21:42:52ZengKashan University of Medical SciencesNursing and Midwifery Studies2322-14882322-16742021-01-01101131910.4103/nms.nms_4_20The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent GirlsSarah MohamadiOmid GarkazSeyed Abbas MousaviAfsaneh KeramatShahrbanoo GoliZahra MotaghiBackground: Adolescence is a critical stage of life with a significant role in reproduction and fertility. Interventions are needed to promote the health of adolescent girls as prospective mothers. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of motivational interviewing on adolescent girls' puberty knowledge and practice. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2018 on 240 eighth-grade female students recruited through multistage sampling from ten high schools in Shahroud, Iran. Schools were allocated into an intervention group and a control group through simple randomization. Participants in the intervention group received a five-session puberty-related motivational interviewing intervention. Puberty knowledge and practice in both groups were assessed before, immediately after, and 1 month after the intervention. Data were analyzed through the Chi-square and the independent-samples t-tests and the repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results: Participants' age was 14.47 ± 0.51 years, on average. About 70% of them had poor or moderate puberty knowledge. Although there was no statistically significant between-group difference respecting the mean scores of puberty knowledge and practice at pretest (P > 0.05), the mean scores of puberty knowledge and practice in the intervention group were significantly higher than the control group at both posttests (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Motivational interviewing is effective in improving adolescent girls' puberty knowledge and practice.http://www.nmsjournal.com/article.asp?issn=2322-1488;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=13;epage=19;aulast=Mohamadiadolescentknowledgemotivational interviewpracticepuberty health
spellingShingle Sarah Mohamadi
Omid Garkaz
Seyed Abbas Mousavi
Afsaneh Keramat
Shahrbanoo Goli
Zahra Motaghi
The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent Girls
Nursing and Midwifery Studies
adolescent
knowledge
motivational interview
practice
puberty health
title The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent Girls
title_full The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent Girls
title_fullStr The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent Girls
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent Girls
title_short The Effect of Motivational Interview on Puberty Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent Girls
title_sort effect of motivational interview on puberty knowledge and practice among adolescent girls
topic adolescent
knowledge
motivational interview
practice
puberty health
url http://www.nmsjournal.com/article.asp?issn=2322-1488;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=13;epage=19;aulast=Mohamadi
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