The Effect of the Motivational Interviewing Technique on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings

Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Menopause; Cervix Cancer

Treatments: Other: Motivational Interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05353387

2022/73

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of the motivational interviewing technique applied to menopausal women on their participation in breast and cervical cancer screenings. This is a randomized controlled intervention study in which the study sample will consist of 120 menopausal women, who visit the health care centers in the city of Kutahya. There will be one intervention group with a total of 60 participants and a control group with the same number of participants. The intervention group will have motivational interviews whereas the control group participants will follow the normal protocols.

Full description

This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of the motivational interviewing technique applied to menopausal women on their participation in breast and cervical cancer screenings. This is a randomized controlled intervention study in which the study sample will consist of 120 menopausal women, who visit the health care centers in the city of Kutahya. There will be one intervention group with a total of 60 participants and a control group with the same number of participants. The intervention group will have motivational interviews whereas the control group participants will follow the normal protocols.

The Turkish version of Champion's Health Belief Model Scale and The Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and the Pap Smear Test will be applied to all the participants in both groups.

Then for the intervention group, the motivational interviewing will be carried out in 3 different sessions, each to be conducted one week apart. 6 weeks after the last interview, first follow up would be conducted through phone communication and 6 weeks after the first follow up, a face-to-face interview would be conducted for the scales to be applied to the participants again. For the control group, the scales will be applied for the second time at the same time as the intervention group and they will be given a training manual and their questions will be answered by the researchers.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: Under 69 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Visiting any family health centers in the city of Kütahya,
• Without any cancer diagnosis and treatment,
• Not having had a clinical breast examination in the last 1 year, with no natural menstrual period in the last 1 year, have entered menopause and are 69 years old (included) maximum,
• Without a mammogram in the last 2 years in women who have gone through menopause and are 69 years old (included).
• Without an HPV or Pap smear test in the last 5 years in women who have entered menopause and are in the age range of 65 (including),
• Being literate,
• Able to communicate.

Exclusion criteria

• Having been diagnosed with any cancer,
• Inability to communicate,
• Failure to continue the phases of the study for any reason.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group- Motivational Interviewing

Experimental group

Description:

Standard protocols and participation in Motivational Interviews

Treatment:

Other: Motivational Interviewing

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard protocols