A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness, Usability, Uptake, and Acceptability of an Educational Website and a Mobile Health Application Prototype in Improving Knowledge on Oral Cancer
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 75
- 试验地点
- 5
- 主要终点
- Measurement of change in baseline knowledge on oral cancer four weeks post-intervention using a questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
Introduction: Oral cancer is a malignant neoplastic disease affecting the lip, oral cavity (mouth) and/or the oropharynx. Despite the intense and diverse public health interventions on oral cancer prevention, the global prevalence rates of oral cancer and its major risk factors are still very high. Hence, oral cancer is an issue of serious global health importance.
Aim: To test and compare the effectiveness, usability, uptake, and acceptability of an educational website and a mobile health application prototype on oral cancer in improving oral cancer knowledge among university students.
Methods: This study will adopt a randomised control trial design, and it will be conducted among 75 first-year bachelor's degree students from five universities across two continents: University of Rwanda (Rwanda, Africa), Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Nigeria, Africa), University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka, Asia), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and Saveetha University (India, Aisa). The study participants will be in three groups (Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3). The participants in Group 1 will be the control group (n = 25 participants; 5 participants from each university); that is the group that will not receive an educational intervention. However, those in Group 2 (n = 25 participants; 5 participants from each university) will receive a web-based educational intervention on oral cancer while those in Group 3 (n = 25 participants; 5 participants from each university) will receive an app-based educational intervention on oral cancer. Pretest survey and posttest survey will be done for all participants. The data collected will be statistically analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 28 software. Descriptive statistics will be done for all variables while inferential statistics (analysis of variance) will be done to test for associations between variables of interest.
Conclusion: The findings of this study will determine the effectiveness, usability, uptake, and acceptability of the tested digital intervention tools.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 39 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •being a first-year bachelor degree student of either University of Rwanda (Rwanda), University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka), Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Nigeria), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), or Saveetha University (India)
- •being within the age range of 18 to 39 years
- •having a personal smartphone
- •willingness to participate in the study
排除标准
- •being a member of staff or a visitor or a non-first year bachelor degree student of University of Rwanda (Rwanda), University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka), Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Nigeria), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), or Saveetha University (India)
- •being a student of a tertiary institution not selected for the study
- •being below the age of 18 years or above the age of 39 years.
- •not having a personal smartphone
- •not willing to participate in the study
研究组 & 干预措施
Control Group
This is the control group (arm). No educational intervention on oral cancer will be administered to this group.
Web-based Intervention Group
A web-based educational intervention on oral cancer will be administered to this group.
干预措施: A web-based educational intervention on oral cancer (Behavioral)
mHealth-based Intervention Group
An app-based educational intervention on oral cancer will be administered to this group.
干预措施: A mobile health app-based educational intervention on oral cancer (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Measurement of change in baseline knowledge on oral cancer four weeks post-intervention using a questionnaire
时间窗: From enrollment to the end of educational intervention at 4 weeks
This primary outcome measure will be a change in knowledge on oral cancer at four weeks after the delivery of the intervention, and this will be done using a questionnaire. All participants in both the control and intervention groups will be evaluated at baseline and at endline. This outcome will be measured using a questionnaire. This questionnaire was developed by the investigators. The questionnaire will obtain assess the participants' knowledge of oral cancer through the use of 10 multiple choice questions
次要结局
- Measurement of the usability of the intervention tools using an adapted version of the user Mobile Application Rating Scale(At the end of educational intervention at 4 weeks)
- Measurement of the uptake of the intervention tools using an adapted version of the user Mobile Application Rating Scale(At the end of educational intervention at 4 weeks)
- Measurement of the acceptability of the intervention tools using an adapted version of the user Mobile Application Rating Scale(At the end of educational intervention at 4 weeks)
研究者
Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi
Honorary Research Fellow
University of Rwanda