NCT05788939

PLANNED VISUAL EDUCATION ABOUT SKIN CANCER

DOES PLANNED VISUAL EDUCATION AFFECT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ABOUT SKIN CANCER?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 116 (actual)
• Sponsor: Celal Bayar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of planned visual education based on the Health Belief Model on university students' attitudes and beliefs toward skin cancer. The planned visual education based in Health Belief Model has possitive effects on univestiy students' attitudes and beliefs toward skin cancer.

Detailed description

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of planned visual education based on the Health Belief Model on university students' attitudes and beliefs toward skin cancer. Planned as a cluster-randomized controlled experimental study conducted on two groups (n=116). The study was carried out in Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) and Hasan Ferdi Turgutlu Faculty of Technology (HFTFT) from the faculties of Manisa Celal Bayar University (MCBU) between February-Semptember 2019. Among seven departments in FEAS and four departments in the HFTFT, simple random sampling was used to draw lots again. The Department of Econometrics from the FEAS was assigned as the intervation groups (n=58) and Mechatronics Engineering from HFTFT was assigned as the control group (n=58). Data were collected using The Student Introduction Form and The Health Belief Model Scale in Skin Cancer.

Conditions

• Skin Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Planned Visual Education Based on Health Belief Model	The students in IG were administered the planned visual education based on Health Belief Model for a period of seven months. The education materials were a PowerPoint presentation, a skin cancer model, videos titled "Dear 16 years old me", "Mr. Sun", a brochure, and 3 posters. .

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-01
• Primary completion: 2019-09-20
• Completion: 2019-09-30
• First posted: 2023-03-29
• Last updated: 2023-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)