The Effect Of Self-Breast Examination Training On The Belief Of Breast Health

The Effect Of Self-Breast Examination Training Provided To Women Between 18 And 49 Years Of Age And Practice On The Belief Of Breast Health: A Randomized Controlled Study

The aim of the present research was to detect the effect of self-breast examination provided to women between 18 and 49 years of age and practice on the belief of women on their breast health.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Women of Reproductive Age
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Breast Self-Examination and Practice

Detailed Description

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of breast self-examination training and practice on breast health beliefs. The study was a pretest-posttest randomized controlled experimental design. Women in the experimental group of the study will be provided with the training prepared by the researcher. The presentation used in the training will include information about breast cancer, breast cancer screening programs and breast self-examination. In the presentation, the steps of breast self-examination were shown step by step using visual materials. In addition to the slide presentation about breast cancer and breast self-examination, women will be trained on breast self-examination with a breast examination model using the "show first, then do it" training technique, and the accuracy will be confirmed by asking women to do it. By using the model in breast examination, it will be determined what women do right and what they do wrong during the examination. Data will be collected with Personal Information Form and Champion Health Belief Model Scale.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 98
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Karatay
    • Konya, Karatay, Turkey
      • KTO Karatay University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fertility process to continue
• No communication problems
• Not having a disease that will affect perception

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having been previously diagnosed with breast cancer or receiving breast cancer treatment
• Being diagnosed with a medical mental illness and receiving treatment for this reason
• Being under active treatment in hospital due to any problem

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Training on Breast Self-Examination; In the training, women will be divided into 5 groups and the training will be held in 5 separate sessions in one day. A training program will be completed with 9 women. All trainings will be conducted under the same conditions in the school's training room. Before the training, women will be informed about the training and their permission and consent will be obtained. The training prepared by the researcher will be presented to the women in the experimental group of the study. The presentation used in the training will include information about breast cancer, breast cancer screening programs and breast self-examination.	Behavioral: Breast Self-Examination and Practice; In the training, women will be divided into 5 groups and the training will be held in 5 separate sessions in one day. A training program will be completed with 9 women. All trainings will be conducted under the same conditions in the school's training room. Before the training, women will be informed about the training and their permission and consent will be obtained. The training prepared by the researcher will be presented to the women in the experimental group of the study. The presentation used in the training will include information about breast cancer, breast cancer screening programs and breast self-examination. In the presentation, the steps of breast self-examination will be shown step by step using visual materials.
No Intervention: Control; 1 week follow-up.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Breast Self-Examination Training and Breast Health Beliefs	This outcome is assessed with the Champion Health Belief Model Scale. A higher score on the scale indicates an increase in sensitivity and caring, a higher perception of benefits for the perception of benefits, and a higher perception of obstacles for the perception of obstacles.	1 month will be followed

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: KTO Karatay University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 6, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 1, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 13, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 13, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms; health education; Early Detection of Cancer
• Other Study ID Numbers: KaratayUH9

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No