The Effect of Animation-Based Education on Menopausal Women's Attitudes, Behaviors, and Screening Test Participation Regarding Breast Cancer

NCT07042737 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Inonu7
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 136
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of education provided to women in menopause through animation on their attitudes toward breast cancer, behaviors, and screening test participation. The study will include a total of 136 women in the menopausal period, comprising 68 experimental group participants and 68 control group participants who have applied to the Orduyeri and Kırtepe Family Health Centers affiliated with the Bartın Public Health Institution. Women who agree to participate in the project, which will run from January to August 2025, will receive 40-45 minute training sessions in a suitable room at the ASM. The training sessions will be conducted in groups of 8-12 people. The training content will include information about the purpose, duration, and rules of the training. After providing information about the project, a pre-test will be administered. Through face-to-face interviews, researchers assigned to the project will show animated videos enriched with sound and images via an online program they have prepared. These videos will be 10-12 minutes long, and an interim test will be conducted. Three months after the pre-test, the women participating in the study will be contacted, and a final test will be administered in their own homes. Project data will be collected using the Personal Information Form, Champion Health Belief Scale, and Breast Cancer Awareness Scale. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, chi-square tests, and repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests will be used in the statistical analysis of the project.

Conditions

Menopausal Women; Education Nursing; Breast Cancer Females; Motivation; Screening Strategy

Keywords

education through animation; menopause; breast cancer; screening test; motivation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• menopause symptom scale

  The scale consists of a total of 11 items and 3 subscales. These 3 subscales are called the "Somatic Complaints subscale," "Psychological Complaints subscale," and "Urogenital Complaints subscale." The scale is a 5-point Likert scale. The score obtained from the scale ranges from 0 to 44 points. An increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the severity of menopausal complaints experienced.

  3 month

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Champion Health Belief Model Scale

  3 month

• Breast Cancer Awareness Scale

  3 month

Study Arms (2)

experimental group: Breast cancer education group through animation

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group, determined by random selection, will include 68 women in menopause. These women will be asked to give their consent to participate in the study. After consent is obtained, a preliminary test will be conducted. Then, women in menopause will be educated on the symptoms and signs of breast cancer based on animation, self-breast examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography. The application will be conducted once a week. An interim test was conducted 14 days after the application, and a final test was conducted three months later.

Behavioral: animation-based breast cancer education

control group

SHAM COMPARATOR

No intervention was applied to the control group.

Other: Control group (placebo)

Interventions

animation-based breast cancer education BEHAVIORAL

The animation-based humorous application consists of four videos, each lasting 40-45 minutes, which separately explain the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, self-breast examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography through animation.

experimental group: Breast cancer education group through animation

Control group (placebo) OTHER

No intervention will be applied to the control group.

control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Gender Eligibility Details: women going through menopause
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Not having been diagnosed with breast cancer,
• not performing regular self-examinations (those who performed self-examinations at least once a month were excluded),
• not having had a mammogram (those who had a mammogram within the first six months after training were excluded),
• not having undergone a clinical breast examination (those who underwent a clinical breast examination within the first 6 months after the training were excluded),
• not breastfeeding or being pregnant, being literate, owning a smartphone,
• having internet access,
• not having uterine abnormalities,
• having ovaries,
• not having used sex hormones.

You may not qualify if:

• never experiencing menopausal symptoms,
• undergoing surgical menopause,
• currently or previously using hormonal therapy,
• having a psychiatric disorder,
• having menstruated in the past year,
• incomplete forms,
• not fully participating in video-based education programs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Inonu University

Bartın, Bartın, 74100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Central Study Contacts

Simge Öztürk, Ph.D

CONTACT

+905398751788; simgeozturk2123@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: After randomization was performed by an independent researcher, the experimental group and control group were determined by lottery. In addition, the data will be analyzed by S.Ö., a researcher who did not collect the data, using masked data. The experimental and control groups will be assigned as A and B in the analysis program in such a way that S.Ö. will not know which group is which.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principal ınvestigator

Model Details: Participants identified by researchers prior to the start of the study were divided into experimental and control groups using a randomization method. Women in the experimental group will receive 40-45 minute training sessions once a week for one week on specified days and times. The training sessions will be conducted in groups of 8-12 people. The content of the training sessions will include information about the purpose, duration, and rules of the training. After the information is provided, a pre-test will be administered. Using the face-to-face interview method, researchers involved in the study will show animated videos enriched with sound and images through an online program they have prepared, lasting 10-12 minutes. A mid-test will be conducted 14 days after the pre-test. Three months after the pre-test, the women participating in the study will be contacted, and a final test will be administered in their own homes.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 20, 2025
• First Posted: June 29, 2025
• Study Start: June 20, 2025
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 20, 2026
• Last Updated: June 29, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)