Health Care Decisions for Female Adolescents: The Role of Mothers and Daughters in Decision Making

NCT00807898 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: OICB080587Merck33563
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 136
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Preventing cervical cancer is a public health concern. Since 2006 a quadrivalent vaccine for young women nine to twenty six years of age has been available to protect against the human papillomavirus (HPV) and to prevent some types of cervical cancer (Gardasil). The vaccine is an important health promotion tool to address the widespread prevalence of HPV and cervical cancer, but not all eligible young women receive the vaccine. The vaccine is most effective when administered to young women before their sexual debut. When the vaccine is given to young women less than 18 years of age, parental permission is required. This permission is usually provided by the young woman's mother. Understanding predictors of a mother's decision for her minor daughter to receive the HPV vaccine will inform interventions that seek to increase the number of young women who receive the vaccine. The study will focus on mothers and their adolescent daughters between 13-17 years of age. We hypothesize that the Expanded Theory of Planned Behavior will explain a mother's decision to choose the HPV vaccine for her daughter. Research Questions include: 1)What TPB variables predict a mother's decision to choose HPV vaccine for her daughter? 2)What variables predict the strength of a daughter's influence on the mother's decision to choose HPV vaccine for her daughter? 3) What are the relationships between the mothers' and daughters' scores on the variables related to the decision to choose HPV vaccine? 4) How do the mothers and daughters who chose to receive the HPV vaccine differ descriptively from those mothers and daughters who do not choose to receive the HPV vaccine?

Conditions

Cervical Cancer

Keywords

Gardasil; HPV vaccine; decision making; mother; daughter

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Mother and daughter pairs (n =75) will be recruited.

You may qualify if:

• Adolescent females 13-17 years of age
• and adolescent's mother, any age
• and adolescent not pregnant
• and adolescent has not received vaccine for HPV

You may not qualify if:

• Males
• daughters younger than 13 yrs of age
• daughters older than 17 yrs of age
• pregnant daughters
• daughters who have received the HPV vaccine

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Louisville: lead
• Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Louisville School of Nursing

Louisville, Kentucky, 40292, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Hertweck SP, LaJoie AS, Pinto MD, Flamini L, Lynch T, Logsdon MC. Health care decision making by mothers for their adolescent daughters regarding the quadrivalent HPV vaccine. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2013 Apr;26(2):96-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2012.10.009.

  PMID: 23518189 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Uterine Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Uterine Cervical Diseases; Uterine Diseases; Genital Diseases, Female; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases

Study Officials

• Mimia C Logsdon, DNS, ARNP, FAAN

  University of Louisville School of Nursing

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 11, 2008
• First Posted: December 12, 2008
• Study Start: January 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: January 1, 2011
• Last Updated: May 5, 2017

Record last verified: 2011-01

Locations

US (1)