Cosmetology Students and Skin Cancer

NCT03673917 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 205582
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 310
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Assess the efficacy of training cosmetology students to detect suspicious skin lesions.

Conditions

Skin Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Students' knowledge

  Scale name: Change in students' scores for knowledge of skin cancer, risk factors, and recognizing an abnormal skin spot. What scale measures: Scores were computed as the proportion of questions that the student correctly answered, and change in scores was computed by subtracting the pre-test score from the post-test score. If a student correctly answered a greater proportion of questions on the post-test compared to the pre-test, then they would have a positive value for the change in scores, and would be classified as increasing their knowledge. Scale ranges: The change in scores range from -100% to 100%; a change \>0% is considered to be an increase in score and a better outcome, whereas change \<0% is considered to be a decrease or a worse outcome. Subscales: The 3 subscales are: 1) knowledge of skin cancer, 2) risk factors, and 3) recognition of abnormal spots. The total number of correct answers are summed and divided by the total number of questions to calculate the total score.

  3 - 6 months

• Perceived importance, interest in, and confidence in looking for abnormal spots

  Name of scale: Change in students' perceived importance, interest in, and confidence in looking for abnormal skin spots. What scale measures: Students selected from the following for perceived importance, interest in, and confidence in looking for abnormal skin spots: i)not at all; ii)slightly/a little bit; iii)somewhat; iv)definitely; or v) very/extremely important/interested in/confidence in (where i represents the lowest level and v represents the highest level). Self-reported post-tests were compared to pre-tests. If the amount of the self-reported importance, interest in or confidence was higher on the post-test compared to the pre-test, then it is considered an increase and a better outcome. Scale ranges: The change for perceived importance, interest in, and confidence in looking for abnormal skin spots were classified only as an increase (better outcome) or not (worse outcome).

  3 - 6 months

• Skin cancer risk behaviors

  Name of scale: Change in indoor tanning, outdoor tanning, sunscreen and hat use. What scale measures: Students were asked to select from the following frequencies for tanning: 3-7 times per week, 1-2 times per week, 3-7 times in the last 2 months, 1-2 times in the last 2 months, none in the last 2 months. Students selected from the following for hat/sunscreen use: everyday, 1-6 times per week, 1-3 times per month, \<1 time per month, or never. If the frequency of tanning was lower on the post-test compared to the pre-test, then it was classified as a decrease (which is a better outcome). If the frequency of sunscreen use/hat use was higher on the post-test compared to the pre-test, then it was classified as an increase (which is a better outcome). Scale range: The change for sunscreen/hat use was classified only as increasing (the better outcome) or not (the worse outcome); the change in tanning use was classified only as decreasing (the better outcome) or not (the worse outcome).

  3 - 6 months

• Communication with clients

  Outcomes: Change in looking for abnormal skin spots, talking with clients about skin cancer prevention, and recommending a client see a doctor when an abnormal spot is seen. Students selected from the following proportion of clients in the last month they looked at for abnormal spots: none, \<25%, 25-50%, 51-75%, or \>75%; if the frequency for looking for abnormal spots reported on the post-test was greater than on the pre-test, then there was an increase (better outcome). Students also reported whether they discussed skin cancer prevention as either 'yes' or 'no', and whether or not they had ever recommended that a client see a doctor for an abnormal skin spot. Other outcomes were whether or not students reported on the post-test they looked for abnormal spots on \>50% and \>75% of their clients. Talking with clients about skin cancer prevention, and recommending a client see a doctor was increased (a better outcome) if they responded 'no' on the pre-test and 'yes' on the post-test.

  3 - 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Educational video

EXPERIMENTAL

The educational video on skin cancer for cosmetologists

Other: Educational video

Control video

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A publicly accessible healthy lifestyle video on YouTube, which did not contain any information on skin cancer

Other: Control video

Interventions

Educational video OTHER

The educational video on skin cancer for cosmetologists

Educational video

Control video OTHER

A publicly accessible healthy lifestyle video on YouTube, which does not contain any information on skin cancer

Control video

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• For Schools: the school director agrees to participate and provide written consent
• For Students: Students were eligible at the enrolled schools if they agreed in writing to participate, filled out the baseline questionnaire, and viewed the assigned video.

You may not qualify if:

• The school had not recently or was not currently implementing a similar program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Arkansas: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Skin Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Officials

• Lori A Fischbach (co-Principal Investigator), PhD

  University of Arkansas

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Model Details: The study design protocol is as follows: Schools of cosmetology in Arkansas are randomized using simple randomization to receive either 1) our educational video on skin cancer for cosmetologists or 2) a publicly accessible healthy lifestyle video on YouTube, which does not contain any information on skin cancer. Students view the video that was randomly assigned to the school they attended. Pre-video tests are administered at the school during classes or online at the students' convenience; the video intervention follows immediately, also during classes or online. Post-video test (in class or online) are administered 3 to 6 months after watching the video. All schools continued to also use their previous educational materials on skin cancer concurrent with our program.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2018
• First Posted: September 17, 2018
• Study Start: September 15, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2017
• Study Completion: September 15, 2017
• Last Updated: September 20, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)