Impact of a Healthy Nails Program on Nail-Biting in Turkish Schoolchildren: A Controlled Pretest-Posttest Study

Ergün A., Toprak R., Şişman F. N.

JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING, cilt.29, ss.416-424, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/1059840513481386
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.416-424
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: health education, elementary, program development, evaluation, role promotion/development, HABIT-REVERSAL, BEHAVIOR-MODIFICATION, COMPETING RESPONSE, MILD AVERSION, DISORDERS, ONYCHOPHAGIA, EFFICACY, GIRLS
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was conducted to examine the effect of a healthy nails program on nail-biting in Turkish schoolchildren. This quasi-experimental study was of pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 50 students of a primary school formed the intervention group, while 53 students from the same school formed the control group. Data were collected with a demographic form, a nail-biting follow-up form, and photographs of the fingernails. It was found that 68.9% of students were biting seven or more of their nails; 46.6% had damaged nail beds. In the intervention group, the rate of the children who were not biting their nails (baseline = 0%, 4th week = 56.0%, 8th week = 64.0%) increased significantly compared to the control group (baseline = 0%, 4th week = 15.1%, 8th week = 18.9%). Outcomes indicate the efficacy of the healthy nails program in reducing the nail-biting problem in schoolchildren.