The Impact of Picture Narrative Format on Print Lung Screening Communication Outcomes

NCT05016570 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 200200021
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 326
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether a picture narrative format is more successful, than text with pictures or text alone, in communicating lung screening information (primarily defined by positive attitudes towards the design and increase in knowledge) to people likely to be invited to lung screening where available.

Conditions

Cancer Screening

Keywords

Health Communication; Lung cancer screening; Messages; Comprehension; Visual; Narrative; Comics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Participant Lung Cancer Screening Knowledge scores

  Participants will be asked 6 multiple choice questions related to the lung screening information presented to the participants during the intervention, covering; Procedure, Eligibility - who, Eligibility - why, Benefits, Adverse effects, Potential results.

  Immediately post-intervention

• Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility self-assessment

  Concordance between self-reported personal eligibility for lung cancer screening and actual eligibility based on self-reported age and smoking behaviour.

  Immediately post-intervention

• Participant Lung Cancer Screening Attitudes

  Self-administered four-item lung cancer screening attitudes measure covering cancer fear, fatalism, benefits, and worry, previously used by Smits et al 2018.

  Immediately post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Participant Design appraisal ratings

  Immediately post-intervention

Other Outcomes (1)

• Treatment compliance

  Immediately post-intervention

Study Arms (3)

Picture narrative lung screening information

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this arm receive information about lung screening purpose, eligibility, benefits and risks in a format which uses text in combination with sequences of pictures to communicate a coherent message. The designs follow conventions from comics/graphic narratives and key stakeholders were involved during the design process.

Behavioral: Picture narrative information format

Text with pictures lung screening information

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in this arm receive information about lung screening purpose, eligibility, benefits and risks in a format that uses text with non-narrative pictures for decoration. The pictures have been extracted from the picture narratives being used Arm 1.

Behavioral: Text with pictures information format

Text-only lung screening information

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in this arm receive information about lung screening purpose, eligibility, benefits and risks in a format that uses text and no pictures.

Behavioral: Text-only information format

Interventions

Picture narrative information format BEHAVIORAL

Lung screening information formatted as picture narratives

Picture narrative lung screening information

Text with pictures information format BEHAVIORAL

Lung screening information formatted as text and non-narrative pictures

Text with pictures lung screening information

Text-only information format BEHAVIORAL

Lung screening information formatted as text with no pictures

Text-only lung screening information

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 49 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Living in Glasgow
• Willing and able to respond unaided to invitation to participate in the trial and give informed consent.
• Aged between 49 and 75 years

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Glasgow: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, G12 0XH, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Narration

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Communication; Behavior

Study Officials

• Kathryn Robb, PhD

  University of Glasgow

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Masking Details: The investigators will be blind to intervention allocation because the intervention and questionnaire is to be undertaken independently and remotely by the participants. Although the intervention is not masked from participants, they will not be informed of the purpose of the study or the different conditions until after they have completed all study measures.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Behavioural Science and Health

Model Details: Participants are randomly assigned to one of three groups. They will receive the same lung screening information but the format of this information will be determined by which group they have been randomised to. All participants will complete a questionnaire immediately after viewing the lung screening information.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 17, 2021
• First Posted: August 23, 2021
• Study Start: August 27, 2021
• Primary Completion: October 8, 2021
• Study Completion: October 8, 2021
• Last Updated: October 26, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
• Time Frame: On publication of the study results for a period of ten years.
• Access Criteria: Data will be made publicly available.

Locations

GB (1)