Adolescent Cancer Education (ACE): effectiveness of a secondary school-based educational intervention to increase cancer awareness

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer awareness; Cancer

• Registration Number: ISRCTN75542411
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Stirling (UK)

Brief Summary

2013 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24011093 2016 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26502987

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-06-06
• Study Completion: 2013-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 4 December 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4500

Inclusion Criteria

1. School students in Secondary 2 (aged 12-13) enrolled in schools run by Glasgow city council local authority.
2. Parents/carers of school students recruited to the study

Exclusion Criteria

School students in Secondary 2 enrolled in independent (private) schools within Glasgow city council local authority area

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cancer awareness: assessed at baseline (June 2013), 2 weeks and 6 months later in intervention schools and at the same time points in control schools. All outcome measurement instruments will be combined into single and separate self-completion paper questionnaires for adolescents and parents. Adolescent questionnaires will be administered by teachers in the classroom. Teachers will be available to answer any queries and to assist the students with reading and writing as necessary. Students will be asked to complete the questionnaire in complete silence but will be informed that it is not a test. Parent questionnaires will be sent home from and returned to school with adolescents. Trial researchers will be available by telephone and email to answer any queries parents may have when completing the questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Family Cancer Communication<br> 2. Health-related Behaviours<br> 3. Anxiety<br><br> Adolescent outcomes will be assessed at three timepoints:<br> 1. Baseline (T0), when adolescents are in school year S1<br> 2. Two-week follow-up (T1), when adolescents are in the first term of S2<br> 3. Six-month follow-up (T2), when adolescents are in the second term of S2<br> Parent outcomes will be assessed at baseline (T0) and 2-week follow-up (T1).<br>