Intentions for Cancer Screening in Older Adults

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: The effect of communication strategies about cancer screening cessation; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Cancer - Breast; Cancer - Prostate

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001306202
• Lead Sponsor: School of Public Health, University of Sydney

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-08-02
• Study Completion: 2018-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 5 July 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 271

Inclusion Criteria

Australian older adults aged 65 years or older who have had a PSA test or mammogram at least once in the past 10 years

Exclusion Criteria

Previous diagnosis of prostate cancer, breast cancer or dementia

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intention to have a PSA test/breast screening: a single item on a 10-point scale assessing hypothetical intention to get screening/testing, adapted from previous research (Copp et al., 2017) (1=Definitely will not to 10=Definitely will).[Immediately after participants have read their first respective hypothetical scenarios of the doctors visit at Time 1, and again after the second hypothetical scenario at Time 2.];Cancer anxiety (level of anxiety about developing breast/prostate cancer) will be measured using two items with ten responses ranging from not worried at all to extremely worried, guided by Scherer et al., 2018. [After participants have read their first respective hypothetical scenarios of the doctors visit at Time 1 and been asked about intention to screen, and again after the second hypothetical scenario at Time 2.]