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2024-05-06 @ 2:16 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 1:28 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT04269018
Status:
UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted:
2020-02-21
First Post:
2020-02-09
Brief Title:
The Effect of Mobile Text Message on Behavioral Risks of Cancer A Randomized Controlled Trial
Sponsor:
Wollo University
Organization:
Wollo University
Study Overview
Official Title:
The Effect of Mobile Text Message on Behavioral Risks of Cancer Among College Students Northeast Ethiopia A Randomized Controlled Trial
Status:
UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date:
2020-02
Last Known Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Summary Background Cancer is a public health problem in Ethiopia A third of cancer deaths are preventable Its effects can be significantly reduced if effective interventions are put in place to control risk factors Text-messaging has been currently targeted as a simple tool for providing people with health information Thus this study aimed to measure the effectiveness of text message in behavioral risk factors that is helpful to raise cancer awareness and promote cancer prevention and control in this country
Methods A randomized control trial will be used to measure the effectiveness of mobile text message in behavioral risk factor of cancer among Governmental Collage students in Dessie City and utilize quantitative method of data collection Data will be collected on a total of 80 intervention and 80 controls using structured questionnaire Socio-demographic health belief variables and behavioral risk factor of cancer will be collected before and after intervention Text message will be provided based on health belief model Data will be entered using Epidata version 31 and will be exported to STATA version 130 for cleaning and analysis Liner regression will be applied to identify predictors of behavioral risk factor of cancer Students paired samples t-test will be used to test changes in terms of HBM variables and behavioural outcomes Analysis of Covariance will be used to test over group comparison
Methods A randomized control trial will be used to measure the effectiveness of mobile text message in behavioral risk factor of cancer among Governmental Collage students in Dessie City and utilize quantitative method of data collection Data will be collected on a total of 80 intervention and 80 controls using structured questionnaire Socio-demographic health belief variables and behavioral risk factor of cancer will be collected before and after intervention Text message will be provided based on health belief model Data will be entered using Epidata version 31 and will be exported to STATA version 130 for cleaning and analysis Liner regression will be applied to identify predictors of behavioral risk factor of cancer Students paired samples t-test will be used to test changes in terms of HBM variables and behavioural outcomes Analysis of Covariance will be used to test over group comparison
Detailed Description:
The study will be a single blind randomized controlled trial which utilize quantitative method of data collection College students who will receive a mobile text message about the behavioral risks of cancer and prevention mechanism will be considered as intervention groups while controls will be those who receive a text message related with general health once a week A total of 160 80 interventions and 80 controls students will be included in the study using simple random sampling technique After the baseline assessment participants will be randomized to either usual care control or the text message intervention group in a uniform 11 control intervention allocation ratio using computer-based randomization service
Self-administered questionnaire will be used to assess baseline and end line data of behavioral risk factors and other variables Participants in the control group will receive an initial text message welcoming them to the study but they will not receive the text message support program The intervention group will receive a text message support program where they will receive seven messages per week at random times and days for two months The text message will be prepared and delivered based on health belief model HBM the items of this subscale will be measured on a Likert scale ranging from 1 Strongly disagree to 5 Strongly agree Tobacco use harmful use of alcohol unhealthy diet and physical inactivity with a series of items will be used to measure the behavioral outcomes the items in this subscale will be measured on a Likert scale
Validity of the items will be measured by an expert panel of specialists in health education and nutrition They will judge about the necessity and relevance of the scale items To control the data quality all data collectors will be trained for two days Supervisors will monitor data collection process and the principal investigator will visit frequently The questionnaire will be first prepared in English language and translated to Amharic and again re-translated in to English by another person to check for consistency About 10 of the questionnaire will be pretested and internal consistency will be checked Completeness of the collected data will be checked during data collection
The data will be checked for completeness and consistency then categorized coded and entered using Epidata version 31 to minimize error Then the clean data will be exported to Stata version 14 for analysis Normality of the data will be checked through Kolmogorov-Smirnov test Students paired samples t-test will be used to test within-group changes in terms of health belief model HBM variables and behavioral outcomes The analysis of Covariance will be used to make over-group comparisons Data will be reported as mean standard deviation The significance level for all of the results will be presented at the P005 level
Self-administered questionnaire will be used to assess baseline and end line data of behavioral risk factors and other variables Participants in the control group will receive an initial text message welcoming them to the study but they will not receive the text message support program The intervention group will receive a text message support program where they will receive seven messages per week at random times and days for two months The text message will be prepared and delivered based on health belief model HBM the items of this subscale will be measured on a Likert scale ranging from 1 Strongly disagree to 5 Strongly agree Tobacco use harmful use of alcohol unhealthy diet and physical inactivity with a series of items will be used to measure the behavioral outcomes the items in this subscale will be measured on a Likert scale
Validity of the items will be measured by an expert panel of specialists in health education and nutrition They will judge about the necessity and relevance of the scale items To control the data quality all data collectors will be trained for two days Supervisors will monitor data collection process and the principal investigator will visit frequently The questionnaire will be first prepared in English language and translated to Amharic and again re-translated in to English by another person to check for consistency About 10 of the questionnaire will be pretested and internal consistency will be checked Completeness of the collected data will be checked during data collection
The data will be checked for completeness and consistency then categorized coded and entered using Epidata version 31 to minimize error Then the clean data will be exported to Stata version 14 for analysis Normality of the data will be checked through Kolmogorov-Smirnov test Students paired samples t-test will be used to test within-group changes in terms of health belief model HBM variables and behavioral outcomes The analysis of Covariance will be used to make over-group comparisons Data will be reported as mean standard deviation The significance level for all of the results will be presented at the P005 level
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None