STUDYING THE USEFULNESS OF AN ELECTRONICALLY SHARED EDUCATIONAL VIDEO ON THE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AMONGST EDUCATED WOMEN OF DELHI.

Completed

• Conditions: Breast cancer

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/10/037332
• Lead Sponsor: All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women, both across the world and in India. Increasing prevalence along with advanced stage at presentation remain the key areas of concern with respect to this disease in our country. A programmatic strategy to decreasing the cancer burden in a country usually involves two key approaches, “screening†and “clinical down-staging (early diagnosis)â€. A combination of the two, rather than just one of them, is aspired for by the contemporary health care system.

Screening for breast cancer usually employs three key modalities: mammography, breast self-examination and clinical breast examination. While screening with mammography is in place in developed countries like the US, these may not be cost effective for a large population base in a developing country with resource constraints like ours. In such scenarios, early detection by the women herself using breast self examination remains a viable option.

Good levels of awareness with respect to signs and symptoms of breast cancer and the regular practice of breast self-examination can help the individuals who are symptomatic to access health care facilities earlier. The existing studies in Indian population with respect to the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination indicate a need for improvement. This present study aims to study the effect of a video-based intervention that can be shared across a virtual platform on the existing knowledge, attitude and practices of breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination amongst the literate women residing in the metropolitan city of Delhi.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-05-11
• Study Completion: 2022-02-11
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 103

Inclusion Criteria

School teachers aged 25 years or more Graduate or beyond Individuals with accessibility to the virtual platform (email and/or Whatsapp) that can receive and respond to the questionnaires and access the video-based training module Individuals residing within the confines of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Women consenting to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals who have not finished or failed to submit once they finish, any one of the questionnaires provided.
• Participants who have not accessed the video-based teaching module as advised during the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To study the effectiveness of a structured video-based teaching module provided across a virtual	0 weeks, 6-8 weeks, 12-16 weeks
platform on the existing knowledge and attitude on breast cancer awareness and practices of breast	0 weeks, 6-8 weeks, 12-16 weeks
self-examination in literate women residing in the metropolitan city of Delhi.	0 weeks, 6-8 weeks, 12-16 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To study the existing knowledge, attitude and practices of breast cancer awareness and breast self	examination in literate women residing in the metropolitan city of Delhi.
To study the factors hindering the practice of breast self-examination in literate women residing in	the metropolitan city of Delhi.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.; 🇮🇳 West, DELHI, India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

🇮🇳West, DELHI, India

Dr Suhani

Principal investigator

9810534358

drsuhani@gmail.com