Key result
The 'Do Not Bite Your Nails, Cut Your Nails' program reduced the rate of primary school students with at least one abnormal finger from 83.9% to 6%.
Why the study?
Does a 6-week health promotion program reduce nail-biting habits in primary school students?
Does a 6-week health promotion program reduce nail-biting habits in primary school students?
A 6-week school nurse-guided health promotion program significantly reduced nail-biting behaviors and physical nail damage among primary school students.
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Supports school nurse-guided programs for nail-biting; hypothesis-generating pending randomized confirmation.
PURPOSE: This study aimed to demonstrate the effect of a program called "Do Not Bite Your Nails, Cut Your Nails," which is based on a health promotion model to change the nail-biting habit among primary school students. DESIGN AND METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted using the pre- and post-test and interrupted time series design. The study sample included 299 students. Nurse observation form and nail follow-up chart were used to evaluate behavioral outcomes. This program was conducted under the guidance of school nurses and lasted 6 weeks. The data were analyzed using McNemar and Cochran Q tests. RESULTS: The number of those who selected "yes" for "I cut my nails this weekend" and "I didn't bite my nails today" increased. However, the number of the students that selected "yes" for "I pulled out my nails," "I pulled out and ate," "I pulled out my nail skin," "My cuticle bled today," and "My nails hurt today" decreased significantly and statistically compared with pretest, first and second observation, and post-test (P < 0.001). The rate of the students with minimum one abnormal finger was 83.9% according to observations, and 6% following the intervention (P < 0.001). New insights were provided into the program to diminish nail-biting habit. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The program significantly reduced the nail-biting rate among primary school students. The nurse that implement this program will be able to do a comprehensive evaluation of students' nail-biting habits, perform solution-focused interventions, and prevent advanced complications that might develop in connection to nail-biting. Thus, the effectiveness of nursing implementations will improve in the prevention of nail-biting habit, early diagnosis, and changing students' habits. "Do Not Bite Your Nails, Cut Your Nails" program can be applied again in different schools.
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Gür et al. (2018) studied Nail-biting habit (n=299). "Do Not Bite Your Nails, Cut Your Nails" program vs. Pre-intervention baseline was evaluated on Rate of students with minimum one abnormal finger (p=<0.001). The 'Do Not Bite Your Nails, Cut Your Nails' program reduced the rate of primary school students with at least one abnormal finger from 83.9% to 6%.
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