Effects of Education After Colorectal Cancer Screening

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Education Given to Individuals Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Screening on Attitudes, Beliefs and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06311565
• Other study ID #: SBU-ISTANBUL-0001
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 30, 2024
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University
• Contact: Hilal Kartal
• Phone: 5378870982
• Email: kartal_hilal[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the education given to individuals undergoing colorectal cancer screening on their attitudes, beliefs and healthy lifestyle behaviors. This study was planned to be conducted as a prospective randomized controlled study in a family health center in Istanbul. The universe of the research; The sample of individuals registered to the family health center will consist of a total of 70 individuals who meet the inclusion criteria for the study. Patient Diagnosis Form, Colorectal Cancer Screening Attitude Belief Scale, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II will be used to collect data. Data will be collected at the first encounter, 1 month later, 3 months later, pre-test and post-test. In the research, individuals will be divided into two groups: intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 35). Training will be provided to the intervention group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: October 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 50 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between 50-70 years old,
• Registered at the Family Health Center,
• Able to speak Turkish,
• No diagnosis of psychiatric disease and no history of anxiolytic drug use,
• They will have a Fecal Occult Blood test for the first time,
• Positive result of fecal occult blood test,
• Faecal occult blood test was positive and had a colonoscopy,
• Those who have not been diagnosed with colorectal cancer as a result of colonoscopy,
• Individuals who volunteer to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having had previous colon surgery,
• Individuals with a history of colorectal cancer will not be included in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Education
• Healthy Lifestyle

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Education
Individuals in this group will be trained on acquiring healthy lifestyle behaviors to protect against colorectal cancer. Training will be individual, face-to-face and in the form of question and answer. At the end of the training, training brochures prepared by the researchers after taking expert opinions will be distributed to the participants. The training will take approximately 25-30 minutes. The training will take place in the training hall at the family health center.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Hilal KARTAL	Istanbul	Beylikdüzü

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Colorectal cancer screening attitude belief scale	Scale; It consists of five subscales: relevance and consistency, perception of sensitivity, response effectiveness, cancer anxiety, and social influence. There are 16 items in the scale. The scale is in 5-point Likert style and the answer options for each item are; It is evaluated as "strongly disagree" (1 point), "disagree" (2 points), "don't know" (3 points), "agree" (4 points) and "strongly agree" (5 points).	Baseline, after one month and after three months
Primary	Healthy lifestyle behaviors scale II	The scale consists of 52 items and six factors. These; health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual development, interpersonal relationships and stress management. Scale rating is 4-point Likert type. Expressions such as never (1), sometimes (2), often (3), regularly (4) are accepted. The lowest score that can be obtained from the entire scale is 52 and the highest score is 208.	Baseline, after one month and after three months