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

June 10, 2022 updated by: Deniz Akyıldız
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.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

83

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Kahramanmaras, Turkey, 4600
        • Recruiting
        • Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
        • Contact:
          • Deniz AKYILDIZ

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 69 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

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 Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group
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.
Behavioral: Monthly reminder message about breast self-exam.
Monthly reminder message about breast self-exam.
No Intervention: Control droup
Women in this group were given training on breast self-examination (BSE). No intervention was made afterwards.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Women's beliefs about breast self-exam levet (mean ± SD)
Time Frame: 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.
3 months after BSE education

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Behaviors of women performing breast self-examination
Time Frame: 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.
3 months after BSE education

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Deniz Akyıldız

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hilal ALKAN, Student, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

July 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 10, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 10, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

June 15, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 15, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 10, 2022

Last Verified

June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Text Message Reminder BSE

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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