Educational Module and Decision Counseling Program in Increasing Mammography Screening Rates in Formerly Homeless Women With Serious Mental Illness

NCT ID: NCT03162887

Last Updated: 2025-05-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

23 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-02-06

Study Completion Date

2016-08-11

Brief Summary

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This pilot clinical trial studies how well an educational module and decision counseling program works in increasing mammography screening rates in formerly homeless women with serious mental illness. An educational module and decision counseling program may be an effective tool and have the potential to help with early detection and treatment.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Increase mammography screening rates in women age 40 and over with experiences of homelessness and serious mental illness (SMI).

II. Increase knowledge, decease psychological distress, and advance decision stage and intention to get a mammogram in study participants.

Conditions

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Breast - Female

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Screening (education module, counseling)

Participants receive a research team member-led breast cancer and mammogram educational module and undergo a web-based decision counseling session over 2 hours. Participants then receive a "next steps" document and may undergo an interview to discuss their decision-making process and relevant experiences during the course of the study.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive a research team member-led breast cancer and mammogram educational module

Counseling

Intervention Type OTHER

Undergo a web-based decision counseling session

Informational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive a "next steps" document

Interventions

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Educational Intervention

Receive a research team member-led breast cancer and mammogram educational module

Intervention Type OTHER

Counseling

Undergo a web-based decision counseling session

Intervention Type OTHER

Informational Intervention

Receive a "next steps" document

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Intervention through Education Counseling Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 30 formerly homeless women with a diagnosis of a serious mental illness in the Pathways to Housing or Project HOME supportive housing programs
* Only women that have never received a mammogram are eligible to participate (self-report)
* Participants must be willing to participate in all aspects of research

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants cannot be decisionally impaired, actively psychotic, or have unstable mental illness that prevents participation in the decisional counseling session
* Women who have had a mammogram will be excluded from the study
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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American Cancer Society, Inc.

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Locations

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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.kimmelcancercenter.org

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

http://hospitals.jefferson.edu/

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Other Identifiers

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JT 6000

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

123369-CCCDA-12-213-01-CC

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

14G.62

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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