I am Protecting my Child From the Sun Program

Akdeniz University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child Behavior; Parents; Skin Neoplasms; Health Behavior; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Treatments: Behavioral: I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun; Behavioral: SMS for sun protection

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04251598

TDK-2018-3501

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to examine the effect of the "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program, based on social cognitive theory, on parents' sun-protection product use and sun avoidance behaviors. The "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program, based on Social Cognitive Theory, and the sending of short reminder messages had positive effects on the parents' behaviors related to protecting themselves and their children from the sun.

Full description

This study aimed to examine the effect of the "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program, based on social cognitive theory, on parents' sun-protection product use and sun avoidance behaviors. Organized as a randomized controlled experimental study conducted on three groups with a pre- and post-test follow-up design, the study was carried out in Manavgat between April 2018 and October 2018 and included the participation of 185 parents, of which 63 were in the education group, 62 were in the education+SMS group, and 60 were in the control group. The parents in the intervention group were administered the "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program for a period of six weeks, while the education+SMS group, in addition to the program, also received a total of 25 short text messages twice a week. Data were collected using the Parent Information Form, Skin Cancer Risk Perception Form, Skin Cancer and Sun Knowledge Scale, Parental Self-Efficacy Scale, Parental Sun Protection Scales, and Parent Behaviors Regarding Protecting Themselves and Their Children from The Sun Question Form.

Enrollment: 185 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Being least literate
• No communication problems in terms of hearing, seeing and understanding
• Being a mobile phone user to receive text messages sent by the researcher
• Living in the same home with the child
• Joining both parents or one of the parents
• No possibility of leaving the region during the research

Exclusion criteria

• Skin cancer diagnosis / history
• Having a family history of skin cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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185 participants in 3 patient groups

Education group

Experimental group

Description:

Only "I am Protecting my Child From the Sun" program was given.

Treatment:

Behavioral: I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun

Education + SMS group

Experimental group

Description:

The "I am Protecting my Child From the Sun" program was given. After the program, an SMS message was sent on Wednesday and Saturday for 12 weeks. A total of 25 SMS messages were sent to remind the subject and applications.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SMS for sun protection

Behavioral: I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No attempt was made by the researcher during the study. Only data collection was carried out. At the end of the research, the "I am Protecting my Child From the Sun" program was given..