The Effect of Monthly Text Message Reminder After Training on Beliefs and Practice Behaviors Regarding Women's Breast Self Examination: Randomized Controlled Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Women's Breast Self Examination Beliefs; Women's Breast Self Examination Practice
• Interventions: Behavioral: Monthly reminder message about breast self-exam.

• Registration Number: NCT05418985
• Lead Sponsor: Deniz Akyıldız

Brief Summary

A randomized control trial was made to examine the effects of of monthly text message reminder after training on beliefs and practice behaviors regarding women's breast self examination.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-01
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-15
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-15
• Study Completion: 2022-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 83

Inclusion Criteria

• Between the ages of 20-69,
• Able to speak and understand Turkish,
• At least primary school graduate,
• Not in pregnancy or postpartum period,
• Not in the breastfeeding process,
• Menarche,
• No current diagnosis of breast cancer,
• No breast disease that may affect the examination finding.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who did not complete the training on BSE,
• Those who want to leave the research,
• Those who had pregnancy during the research and
• Those who do not fill in the data forms sent to their e-mail addresses despite being reminded by message three times.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Monthly reminder message about breast self-exam.	Women in this group were given training on breast self-examination (BSE). In the three-month period following the training, a reminder text message was sent to mobile phones by the researcher to perform BSE. The text message was sent to women with regular and regular menstrual cycles on the seventh day after the bleeding ceased, and on the first day of the month to menopausal women with irregular menstrual cycles.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Women's beliefs about breast self-exam levet (mean ± SD)	3 months after BSE education	The primary outcome of this study was the mean beliefs about breast self-exam levet (mean ± SD) of the womens at 3 months after BSE education. Women beliefs about breast self-exam level was assessed using Champion's Health Belief Model Scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Behaviors of women performing breast self-examination	3 months after BSE education	The other main outcome of the study was women performing breast self-examination measured with the BSE follow-up form.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University; 🇹🇷 Kahramanmaras, Turkey