The effect of teach-back method training on the prevention behaviors of reproductive age women against sexually transmitted diseases

The aim of this research was to examine the effect of teach-back method-based training provided to reproductive-age women to protect them from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on their protective behaviors. Sexually transmitted diseases cause significant health problems for many women every year. The transmission of sexually transmitted diseases can be prevented through health education, which is among the preventive health services. Nurses are the leading health educators. Nurses should learn new education systems and models and use them in their practice. This study has a randomized controlled design. The teach-back method and face-to-face training were provided to women of reproductive age experimentally for protection from sexually transmitted diseases. In this research, the teach-back method in which there were 42 participants in each group, an identifying information form for women in three groups who were provided face-to-face training and not trained, the Behavioral Scale for Protection from Sexually Transmitted Diseases were applied pre-training, fifteen days and three months after the training. Participants' socio-demographic data in the intervention and control groups were compared. The mean age of the teach-back group had been 30.64 ± 5.73, the average age of the face-to-face group had been 29.83 ± 5.49, and the mean age of the non-trained group had been 28.16 ± 5.09. These groups had displayed similar characteristics. The mean score of the Behavioral Scale for Protection from Sexually Transmitted Diseases was found to be 75.57 ± 12.78 pre-training, 82.54 ± 9.59 fifteen days after the training and 81.85 ± 9.28 three months after the training in women who were trained with the teach-back method; 76.92 ± 10.03 pre-training, 80.78 ± 8.72 fifteen days after the training and 80.21 ± 8.77 three months after the training in women who received face-to-face training, while it was found in women who did not receive face-to-face training to be 75.73 ± 6.14 pre-training, 75.61 ± 6.01 fifteen days after the training and 75.54 ± 6.09 three months after the training and there was a statistically significant relationship between them (F = 6.736; p < 0.001). As a result of the research, it was found that the training provided to women with the teach-back method had a positive effect on women's behaviors and was more effective than face-to-face training.