Increasing Participation in Cervical Cancer Screening and Risk for Beliefs/Attitudes Among Women at Risk

NCT03076879 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2014-066
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 114
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions aimed at the early detection of cervical cancer, health belief and participation in the screening of women aged 40-55 at risk for the purpose of cervical cancer, One-way blind pre-test and post-test randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

Cervical Cancer

Keywords

Cervical Cancer; Pap smear; Screening; Beliefs; Attitude; Nursing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pap Smear Management Related Evaluation Form

  This form, prepared by the researcher, consists of four questions that question the participation status of the scan and which application is more effective. This form will only be applied in the final test.

  14 weeks after group training

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Cervix Cancer And Pap-Smear Test Health Belief Model Scale

  Before work begins and 14 weeks after group training

• Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale (Health Responsibility)

  Before work begins and 14 weeks after group training

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

The selected ASM was associated with risk factors related to direct cervical cancer in Turkey (using age 5 or older oral contraceptives, having three or more children, initiating sexual intercourse 16 years or older, at least one parenthesized smear test between 40-55 years) And randomly assigned to the experimental group to promoting participation in cervical cancer screening

Behavioral: Promoting participation in cervical cancer screening

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The selected ASM is the most common and associated with direct cervical cancer-related risk factors in Turkey (using oral contraceptives for longer than five years, having three or more children, starting sexual intercourse at the age of 16 and before, Women who are randomly assigned to the control group of women who have at least one pap smear test between the ages of 40 and 55 and who have at least one pap smear test in the family (especially a mother and a sister)

Interventions

Promoting participation in cervical cancer screening BEHAVIORAL

Nursing education: Women in the experimental group will be trained three times in total, one for the cervical cancer screening and the other two for the individual. Reminders by phone; Short messages and calls will be reminiscent of women's participation in cervical cancer screenings. Home visit; The content of the training is the key to cervical cancer and screening. After the group training, it is aimed to be an interactive education and counseling service in the form of question-answer method which is not understood by home visiting method. Brochure; The brochure for cervical cancer and screening will be given after group training.

Also known as: Education, Counseling, Home Visit, Reminder by phone

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 55 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Being literate
• Have not received any training on cervical cancer before

You may not qualify if:

• Being pregnant or postpartum quarterly
• Have already been diagnosed with any cancer
• Not having sexual experience
• Having undergone hysterectomy operation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Selcuk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Selçuk University

Konya, Selçuklu, 42100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Behavior

Interventions

Educational Status; Counseling; House Calls

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics; Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Professional Practice; Organization and Administration; Health Services Administration

Study Officials

• Belgin Akın, PhD

  SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Blindness in the study will be done by data collectors and statisticians. The data will be collected by the assistant investigator who does not know who is in the experiment and control group and the data will be recorded on the computer by the assistant investigator without specifying the experiment and control group. The experimental and control groups will be codified by the co-investigator. The analysis of the data encoded by the groups will be done by a statistical expert. Data collectors, statistical analyzes and report writing will be blinded.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 26, 2017
• First Posted: March 10, 2017
• Study Start: March 15, 2017
• Primary Completion: March 22, 2017
• Study Completion: June 19, 2017
• Last Updated: September 18, 2019

Record last verified: 2017-09

Locations

TU (1)