Effect of Education on Breast Cancer Fear and Health Beliefs

NCT06543147 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: Nermin KAYAR2018/B-1838
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effect of breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE) education on breast cancer fear and health beliefs. The main questions it aims to answer are: H1: Breast cancer and BSE training given to women will affect the health beliefs of women. H2: Breast cancer and BSE training given to women will affect the fear of breast cancer among women. H3: Breast cancer and BSE training given to women will affect the information and behaviour in relation to breast cancer screening among women. Researchers divided participants into experimental and control groups to examine the effects of breast cancer and breast self-examination education on breast cancer fear and health beliefs. The experimental group received education about breast cancer and breast self-examination and was reminded to perform breast self-examination by phone for six months.

Conditions

Women's Health; Health Education

Keywords

Breast self examination; health belief model; breast cancer; breast cancer fear

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Champion Health Belief Model Scale

  The CHBMS consists of 6 subscales and 42 items; susceptibility perception of the perceived individual risks of catching breast cancer (3 items), seriousness perception about the perceived degree of individual threat from breast cancer (7 items), benefits perception expressing advantages related to BSE (4 items), barriers perception about perceived obstacles related to BSE (11 items), confidence expressing perceived individual competence in the ability to identify an abnormal breast mass during BSE (10 items) and health motivation subscale (7 items). Each subscale is evaluated separately and total points including the whole scale are not calculated. Women receiving low points for the barrier subscale and high points from the other subscales show positive attitudes and beliefs related to breast cancer and BSE

  Six mounth

• Champion Breast Cancer Fear Scale

  Items on the scale investigate emotions like fear, upset, tension, irritation, restlessness, and worry and situations like depression or increased heart rate when breast cancer is considered. The scale contains 8 items and has a five-point Likert response. Responses to the scale are "definitely disagree" 1 point, "disagree" 2 points, "undecided" 3 points, "agree" 4 points and "completely disagree" 5 points. The lowest points that can be obtained from the scale is 8 with the highest points of 40. High points show high levels of fear about breast cancer. For definition of fear levels to breast cancer low levels of fear are 8-15 points, moderate levels of fear are 16-23 points and high levels of fear are 24-40 points.

  Six mounth

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

There are 79 female participants in this group. After the pre-test, participants in the experimental group were given breast cancer and breast self-examination training. After the training, they were reminded to do breast self-examination by phone for six months. The post-test was administered six months later.

Other: breast cancer and breast self- examination education

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

There are 80 female participants in this group. A pre-test was applied to the participants in the control group. The participants in the experimental group were given an intervention for six months, while the participants in the control group were not. A post-test was applied after six months. Based on the principle of sufficient and accurate care, women in the control group were given training about breast cancer and BSE in groups of 7-9 people after posttest data were collected and given brochures at the end of training

Interventions

breast cancer and breast self- examination education OTHER

The experimental group were given education about breast cancer and BSE. Slide presentations used during training provided information about breast anatomy and physiology, breast cancer symptoms and risk factors, early diagnosis methods for breast cancer and breast cancer screening programs, and barriers to breast cancer screening programs were discussed. In addition to slide presentations about breast cancer and BSE, women were also given BSE training on a breast examination mannequin and given brochures after training. The training lasted 40-50 minutes. After women in the experimental group were given training, they were called by telephone once per month until 6 months and reminded about doing BSE.

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: based on self-representation
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being over 20 years old
• not having a history of breast cancer
• not being in the lactation process
• not having a communication barrier
• volunteering to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• having a history of breast cancer
• having a communication barrier
• being in the lactation process
• not volunteering to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kırklareli University: lead
• Ordu University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Department: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Ordu University

Ordu, 52000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Karayurt O, Dramali A. Adaptation of Champion's Health Belief Model Scale for Turkish women and evaluation of the selected variables associated with breast self-examination. Cancer Nurs. 2007 Jan-Feb;30(1):69-77. doi: 10.1097/00002820-200701000-00013.

  PMID: 17235224 BACKGROUND

• Champion VL, Skinner CS, Menon U, Rawl S, Giesler RB, Monahan P, Daggy J. A breast cancer fear scale: psychometric development. J Health Psychol. 2004 Nov;9(6):753-62. doi: 10.1177/1359105304045383.

  PMID: 15367754 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Education; Breast Self-Examination; Breast Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adherence Interventions; Medication Adherence; Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior; Self-Examination; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Officials

• nermin kayar

  nerminkayar@klu.edu.tr

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: RN, Msc., Lecturer

Model Details: Administering a pre-test to the participants in the experimental and control groups. After the pre-test, the participants in the experimental group were given breast cancer and breast self-examination training, brochure distribution, and reminders of breast self-examination by phone for six months. They administered a post-test to the participants in the experimental and control groups six months later.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 3, 2024
• First Posted: August 7, 2024
• Study Start: March 17, 2018
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2018
• Study Completion: April 30, 2019
• Last Updated: August 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)