The Effect of the Brochure on Testicular Self-Exam

NCT ID: NCT05073198

Last Updated: 2021-10-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

92 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-12-05

Study Completion Date

2021-06-16

Brief Summary

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This study aims to examine the effect of the educational brochure given to university students on testicular cancer and its early diagnosis on their health beliefs and self-examination; In non-randomized groups, pretest-posttest was conducted in a quasi-experimental design with control group. The research was carried out with students studying in the psychological counseling and guidance department of a state university in Turkey. The study group consisted of 92 students, 48 of which were experimental and 44 were control. Only the experimental group was given an educational brochure about testicular cancer and testicular self-examination. Data; Personal information form, testicular cancer and health beliefs scale about testicular self-examination were collected with the form for self-examination. In the evaluation of the data; Mann Whitney U, Wilcoxon and chi-square analyzes were performed.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Testicular Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experiment

Giving educational brochures about testicular cancer and Testicular Self-Examination to the students in the experimental group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education brochure

Intervention Type OTHER

In the content of the brochure about testicular cancer and CCTM prepared in line with the literature; It includes information such as the definition of testicular cancer, testicular cancer risk factors and symptoms, the importance of early diagnosis in testicular cancer, how CCTM is performed, and what to do in case of differences after the examination. Expert opinion was obtained from three faculty members (a professor from the Department of Urology, a professor in Public Health Nursing and a physician faculty member) regarding the content validity of the educational brochure created before the research.

Control

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Education brochure

In the content of the brochure about testicular cancer and CCTM prepared in line with the literature; It includes information such as the definition of testicular cancer, testicular cancer risk factors and symptoms, the importance of early diagnosis in testicular cancer, how CCTM is performed, and what to do in case of differences after the examination. Expert opinion was obtained from three faculty members (a professor from the Department of Urology, a professor in Public Health Nursing and a physician faculty member) regarding the content validity of the educational brochure created before the research.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* To study in the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance
* Studying in 3rd and 4th grade

Exclusion Criteria

* Any previous diagnosis of cancer
* Having received previous training in Testicular Self Examination
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Selcuk University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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BUSRA ALTINEL

Principal Investigator dr

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Selcuk University

Konya, Selcuklu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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20202002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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