The Effect of Simulation-Based Breast Health Education on Breast Cancer Awareness and Breast Self-Examination Practices

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Simulation-Based Breast Health Education on Breast Cancer Awareness and Breast Self-Examination Practices of Afgan Refugee Women: A Randomized Control Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06051331
• Other study ID #: D69071
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 22, 2023
• Est. completion date: November 22, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Hacettepe University
• Contact: Nilgün KURU ALICI, PhD
• Phone: 05546832365
• Email: nilgun.kuru[@]hacettepe.edu.tr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of simulation-based breast health education on breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination practices of Afghan refugee women. The study hypothesized that simulation-based breast health education would have an effect on breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination practices scores among Afghan refugee women.

Description:

Purpose: The aim of the research is to examine the effects of simulation-based breast health education on breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination practices of Afghan refugee women.

Methods: The study will conduct with 64 (32 in the intervention group, and 32 in the control group) Afghan. The study population consisted of Afghan women. The simulation-based breast health education will applied to the intervention group once a week for 8 weeks.

No intervention will offer to the control group. Data will collected by a socio-demographic questionnaire, Breast Cancer Awareness Measure (BCAM) and breast self-examination practices checklist.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: November 22, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 22, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 20-65 years,

• must be able to speak Turkish or Dari.

Exclusion Criteria:

• breast cancer

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Intervention

Behavioral:
• simulation-based breast health education
The intervention group will receive simulation-based breast health education once a week for eight weeks. The simulation- based breast health education program will compose two part. The first part, it will theoretical education and second part will continue as practical education. On the plan date, a 60-min lecture will give about breast cancer, its risk factors, interventions to reduce the risk of breast cancer, the value of early diagnosis and cancer screening. After a 10-min break, course attendees watched a 20-min video, after which the course attendees' questions will answer.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Hacettepe University	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hacettepe University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Breast Cancer Awareness Measure Score	The Breast Cancer Awareness Measure was developed by the Cancer Research UK group of Kings College London in 2009.It is a questionnaire that assesses seven domains of Breast Cancer (BC) awareness: knowledge of BC symptoms, breast self-examination, confidence of noticing a change in the breasts, age and lifetime risk of Breast Cancer, urgency if a change in breast is noticed, BC risk factors, and Breast Cancer screening. In this study, Dari version of The Breast Cancer Awareness Measure which was translated from English into Dari by an official translator. The respondent receives 1 point if they can correctly identify at least 5 signs of breast cancer, 1 point if they select the oldest woman for the age-related risk item, and 1 point if they report performing breast examination once a month. Incorrect answers receive 0 points. The total score is between 0 and 3 and there is no cut-off point.	up to 8 weeks