NCT06112158

The Effect of Web-Assisted Peer Education for Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer on Health Beliefs, Knowledge Levels and Breast Self-Examination in University Students

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Esra ÖZER · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of web-supported peer education on health beliefs, knowledge levels and breast self-examination in university students.

Detailed description

In line with the general purpose of the study, an experimental design will be used in the study. The population of this study consists of female students of Ankara Medipol University. Considering that there may be dropouts from the study in line with the determined sample size, 200 students (intervention; n=100, control; n=100) who were excluded from the exclusion criteria and who agreed to participate in the study were planned to constitute the study group. Hypotheses of the Research Between the experimental group and the control group, which received peer education on breast cancer and Breast Self-Examination (BSE); H1a1: There is a difference in terms of the sensitivity subscale score average. H1b1: There is a difference in terms of the mean score of the seriousness/importance subscale. H1c1: There is a difference in terms of the average score of the benefit perception subscale. H1d1: There is a difference in terms of the average score of the obstacle perception subscale. H1e1: There is a difference in terms of the mean score of the trust subscale. H1f1: There is a difference in terms of the health motivation subscale score average. H2a1: There is a difference in terms of the average knowledge score. H3a1: There is a difference in terms of performing breast self-examination.

Conditions

• University Students
• Breast Self-examination
• Health Education

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education Intervention	The BSE training program for the early diagnosis of breast cancer will be offered to students in two ways: face-to-face and via web support. Content of training Session 1: Topics such as the structure of the breast, the definition of breast cancer, its prevalence, risk factors and symptoms Session 2: Teaching the importance of early diagnosis in breast cancer, the importance and benefits of BSE, the technique of performing BSE, the obstacles to the application of BSE. Session 3: Teaching the risk factors that cause breast cancer. Session 4: Discussion of case reports of patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Supporting education with web support

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-13
• Primary completion: 2024-05-30
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2023-11-01
• Last updated: 2024-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)