Effect of Audiovisual Education on Breast Cancer

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Breast Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT06898229
• Lead Sponsor: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Brief Summary

This study was conducted as a double-blind randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of education using audio-visual methods and simulation techniques on breast cancer screening and breast cancer fears in illiterate women. The study was conducted in the villages of a district in the south of Turkey with a distance of over 100 km to health institutions. The sample size of the study was calculated with the G\*Power 3.1 programme based on the mean breast cancer fear scores (22.42±8.30 for those without family history and 28.14±6.23 for those with family history) in a study, with a 95% confidence interval, 5% margin of error, 0.92 effect size and 95% power. As a result of this analysis, the minimum sample size required was determined as 64 people in total. However, a total of 120 women were included in the study in order to increase the power of the research, to prevent possible data loss and to make the results more reliable. Participants were divided into intervention (n=60) and control (n=60) groups by simple random sampling method.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-09-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-02-15
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-27
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-27
• Study Completion: 2025-09-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

1. Being between the ages of 40-69 (Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, 2020a).
2. Being a woman living in rural areas.
3. Being an illiterate woman.
4. Not being diagnosed with breast cancer.
5. Not being pregnant, breastfeeding or puerperant.
6. Accepting to participate in the study.
7. Absence of a mental illness.
8. No communication barriers

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not having completed the given training sessions
2. Having had problems with breast cancer before.
3. Having breast conserving surgery for any reason.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Champion Breast Cancer Fear Scale	5-10 minutes	The Scale is an 8-item measurement tool developed by Victoria Champion et al. in 2004. In the original study of the scale, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.91 for African-American and white women and 0.94 for African-American women. This scale was developed to determine the relationship between breast cancer, mammography behaviour and women's emotional reactions and is a Likert-type scale scored from 1 to 5. The highest score to be obtained from the scale is 40 and the lowest score is 8. In the evaluation of the scores; 8-15 points indicate low level fear, 16-23 points indicate medium level fear and 24-40 points indicate high level fear. Breast Cancer Fear Scale was adapted into Turkish by Seçginli in 2012.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post-Training Screening Behaviour Follow-up Form	5-10 minutes	This form was used as a post-test after the training and follow-up of the women. With this form, it was determined which of the early diagnosis practices such as CHC, MMC and mammography the women performed.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University; 🇹🇷 Burdur, Turkey