NCT06410573

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (actual)
• Sponsor: KTO Karatay University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 49 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

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.

Conditions

• Women of Reproductive Age

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-06
• Primary completion: 2023-02-01
• Completion: 2023-03-01
• First posted: 2024-05-13
• Last updated: 2024-05-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)