The Effect of the Against to Cancer Health Behavior Program Applied to Mothers of Intellectual Disabled Children on Cancer Screenings and Preventive Health Behaviors: Nonrandomized Controlled Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
- Enrollment
- 46
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Health Behaviors and Participation in Cancer Screenings Data Collection Form
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The European Code Against Cancer contains 12 recommendations to reduce the risk of cancer. It is estimated that about half of all cancers could be prevented if all recommendations are followed.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Program of Health Behaviour Against Cancer (PHeBAC) applied to mothers of children with intellectual disabilities in increasing the participation of mothers and their children with intellectual disabilities in cancer screenings and their health behaviors against cancer. The goal is to improve the preventive health behaviors of children with intellectual disabilities and their mothers against cancer and to increase the rate of participation in cancer screenings. Specific targets are; not smoking and not being exposed to smoking, increasing physical activity, healthy nutrition, limiting alcohol consumption, protection from sunlight, HPV vaccination and increasing participation in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings.
Detailed Description
Intervention Group: Program of Health Behaviour Against Cancer (PHeBAC): PHeBAC is an 8-week program consisting of five interviews, two face-to-face and three by telephone.
Face-to-face training will be provided in two different sessions of 45 minutes each in the first and 4th weeks, and telephone interviews of 15 minutes each in the 2nd, 6th and 8th weeks.
Each planned intervention will be organized by taking the opinions of experts working in this field. In addition, expert opinions will be taken for the content of the presentation of face-to-face individual trainings to the intervention group.
The pre-tests of the study will be collected just before the training in week 0 and the post-tests will be collected in week 9. Data collection forms will be filled in by the participants under the supervision of the researcher.
Intervention to be applied to the Control Group: Participants in the active control group will be invited for a face-to-face interview and the pretests will be completed by the participants under the supervision of the researcher. After the pre-tests are taken, the participants will be informed about the brochure of the Ministry of Health, which includes cancer prevention recommendations and cancer screening recommendations, and the content of the brochure. The contact information of the researchers will be given and they will be told that they can call if they have any questions. The post-tests will be completed in the ninth week. Data collection forms will be completed by the participants under the supervision of the researcher.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
Mothers participating in the research will not know that they are in the intervention or control group. The data of the research will be collected by an independent investigator. In addition telephone support during the research process will be provided by the independent investigator, too
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 30 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Those who have at least one intellectual disabled child receiving education at Special Education Application Center schools,
Exclusion Criteria
- •Caregivers other than the mother of the intellectual disabled child
- •Mothers who are being followed up with a diagnosis of breast, cervix or colorectal cancer
- •Disqualification Criteria:
- •Mothers in the PheBAC group who do not continue with the telephone meetings after the face-to-face interview
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Health Behaviors and Participation in Cancer Screenings Data Collection Form
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Developed by the researchers in line with the recommendations of the European Code Against Cancer. It includes information on smoking, secondhand smoke, alcohol use, HPV vaccination and cancer screenings.
Healthy Life Style Behaviors Scale II (Physical Activity and Nutrition Sub-Factors)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
The scale consists of six sub-factors and two sub-factors, physical activity and nutrition, will be used. All items of the scale are positive. As the score increases, the level of physical activity and nutrition increases. The physical activity sub-factor consists of 8 items and the nutrition sub-factor consists of 9 items. The 4-point Likert scale is accepted as never (1), sometimes (2), frequently (3), and regularly (4).
Sun Protection Behavior Scale
Time Frame: 8 weeks
It examines the sun protection behavior of the individual when the sun exposure time is more than 15 minutes. The scale consists of three sub-factors: regular sun avoidance, sunscreen use and hat use. All items of the scale are positive. As the score increases, sun protection behaviors increase. Sun avoidance consists of three items, sunscreen use consists of three items and hat use consists of two items. On a 5-point Likert scale, (1) is considered as never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) usually and (5) always.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Habibe ÖZÇELİK
Lecturer Dr
Akdeniz University