Effect of Health Education on Female Teachers' Knowledge and Practices Regarding Early Breast Cancer Detection and Screening in the Jazan Area: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Anwar Ali Ahmad Alameer

Status: Completed

Conditions: Effect of Health Education Regarding Screening Tools of Breast Cancer

Treatments: Other: Control group; Other: Health education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03398057

AAAAlameer

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of health education in improving the knowledge and practices of female teachers regarding screening tools and the early detection of breast cancer.

Full description

A two-group quasi-experimental design was conducted among 150 female teachers, who were selected from 75 schools of the Jazan General Administration of Education. Schools were chosen by a simple cluster randomization method. Schools were non-randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Eligible participants were recruited by a simple randomization method, proportional to the total number of teachers at each school. Those in the intervention group (n=75 teachers) were compared to the control group (n=75 teachers) at baseline, as well as at 6 weeks and 3 months post-intervention.

Study aim:

Assess effectiveness of health education on improving knowledge and practices regarding Breast cancer(BC) early detection and screening tools among female teachers after six weeks, three months in health education group in compare with control group.

Specific objectives:

Estimate level of awareness among female teachers regarding knowledge and practices of BC early detection and screening tools in Jazan area schools.

Measure the impact of health education on female teachers knowledge and practices regarding BC early detection and screening tools in health education group in compare with control group. So Research questions are:

What is the current awareness level of female teachers in Jazan area schools regarding knowledge and practices of BC early detection and screening tools? Does health education improve knowledge and practices regarding BC early detection and screening tools among female teachers in Jazan area schools in health education group more than control group?

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 20 years. No personal history of BC. No first degree relative of BC. Not being pregnant or breast feeding. Ability to understand questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

Refused to give informed consent. Sever medical problem prevent participation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Health education group(intervention group)

Experimental group

Description:

Standardized heath education Program(SHEP) applied to this group participants .

Treatment:

Other: Health education

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Placebo health education.

Treatment:

Other: Control group