Key result
A healthy nails program increased the rate of schoolchildren who stopped biting their nails at 8 weeks compared to the control group.
Why the study?
Does a healthy nails program reduce nail-biting in schoolchildren?
Does a healthy nails program reduce nail-biting in schoolchildren?
A healthy nails program is effective in significantly reducing nail-biting behavior among primary schoolchildren.
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May support school-based nail-biting interventions; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials before practice change.
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.
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Ergün et al. (2013) studied Nail-biting (n=103). Healthy nails program vs. Control group was evaluated on Rate of children not biting their nails at 8 weeks. A healthy nails program increased the rate of schoolchildren who stopped biting their nails at 8 weeks compared to the control group.
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