NCT00826306

Comparison Of Video-based Versus Written Patient Education on Sunscreen

Comparison of Video-based Versus Written Patient Education on Sunscreen Behavior

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 94 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' adherence to sunscreen application.

Detailed description

We plan to conduct a randomized, controlled trial comparing the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' adherence to sunscreen application. Subjects randomized to the video-based education arm will be instructed to watch a video on the importance of sunscreen application and the proper technique of applying sunscreen. Subjects randomized to the written education arm will receive written information on the importance of sunscreen application and the proper technique of applying sunscreen. The contents of the video and the written educational materials will be comparable. At the end of the study period, 3 months later, subjects will be interviewed via telephone regarding their sunscreen application behavior during the last month of the study period. Subjects will also be interviewed regarding their comprehension and attitude towards video-based and written education materials.

Conditions

• Dermatology Disease
• Skin Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Patient Educational Materials	In the experimental arm, the intervention is the video-based patient educational material on sunscreen. In the active comparison arm (control arm), the comparison intervention is written patient educational material on sunscreen.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-08-01
• Completion: 2009-08-01
• First posted: 2009-01-22
• Last updated: 2015-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States