The Effect of Mobile Text Message on Behavioral Risks of Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Brief Summary
Summary Background: Cancer is a public health problem in Ethiopia. A third of cancer deaths are preventable. Its effects can be significantly reduced if effective interventions are put in place to control risk factors. Text-messaging has been currently targeted as a simple tool for providing people with health information. Thus this study aimed to measure the effectiveness of text message in behavioral risk factors that is helpful to raise cancer awareness and promote cancer prevention and control in this country. Methods: A randomized control trial will be used to measure the effectiveness of mobile text message in behavioral risk factor of cancer among Governmental Collage students in Dessie City and utilize quantitative method of data collection. Data will be collected on a total of 80 intervention and 80 controls using structured questionnaire. Socio-demographic, health belief variables and behavioral risk factor of cancer will be collected before and after intervention. Text message will be provided based on health belief model. Data will be entered using Epidata version 3.1 and will be exported to STATA version 13.0 for cleaning and analysis. Liner regression will be applied to identify predictors of behavioral risk factor of cancer. Student's paired samples t-test will be used to test changes in terms of HBM variables and behavioural outcomes. Analysis of Covariance will be used to test over group comparison.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Mar 2020
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 9, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 13, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 30, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 15, 2020
CompletedFebruary 21, 2020
February 1, 2020
2 months
February 9, 2020
February 19, 2020
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (5)
Physical activity level
For measuring physical activity International Physical Activity Questionnaires (IPAQ) will be used. The questions will ask the time study participants spent being physically active in the last 7 days. Then, it will be summarized as Metabolic Equivalents (METs).
on average 6 months
Health dietary score
Healthy diet score will be assessed the health diet score adapted from the WHO list of healthy diet foods, which is a Likert scale ranged from 1 to 6.
on average 6 months
Tobacco use
Tobacco smoking will be assessed using a series of questions adopted from the World Health Organization (WHO), which used to assess the duration, quantity and frequency of smoking within one month.
on average 6 months
Alcohol intake
Alcohol consumption will be assessed using a tool adopted from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which used to assess participants consumption in the past 1 month.
on average 6 months
Risk perception
Risk perception will be measured using health belief model variables: perceived susceptibility towards cancer, perceived severity of cancer, perceived benefits of adopting behaviors, perceived barriers to adopting behaviors, perceived self-efficacy for adopting dietary behaviors and internal cues for adopting dietary behaviors, the items of this subscale will be measured on a Likert scale ranging from 1= "Strongly disagree" to 5 = "Strongly agree".
on average 6 months
Study Arms (2)
Cancer specific Mobile text message
EXPERIMENTALThis arm will receive daily mobile text message related with cancer risks and prevention
general health messages
ACTIVE COMPARATORThis arm will receive general health message once a week
Interventions
The intervention is cancer specific lifestyle mobile text messages daily for 2 months
Daily text related with general health message
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- College students aged 18 to 35
You may not qualify if:
- Mental and physical disability, those who already have diagnosed cancer
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Wollo Universitylead
Related Publications (2)
Hussien FM, Hassen AM, Asfaw ZA, Ahmed AY, Dawed YA, Asfaw AH, Amsalu ET, Hassen HY. Knowledge and practice regarding the behavioural risks of cancer among college students in Ethiopia. Ecancermedicalscience. 2022 Jan 13;16:1343. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1343. eCollection 2022.
PMID: 35242224DERIVEDHussien FM, Hassen AM, Asfaw ZA, Ahmed AY, Hassen HY. The effect of mobile text messages on knowledge and perception towards cancer and behavioral risks among college students, Northeast Ethiopia: A randomized controlled trial protocol. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 9;16(7):e0253839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253839. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 34242256DERIVED
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Masking Details
- To maintain blinding, randomization will occur after the baseline assessment and both groups will receive welcome message for participating in the study. Then motivational and general healthy related texts will be delivered to controls one times per week.
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- lecturer
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 9, 2020
First Posted
February 13, 2020
Study Start
March 1, 2020
Primary Completion
April 30, 2020
Study Completion
May 15, 2020
Last Updated
February 21, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-02