The Effect of Animation-Based Education on Menopausal Women's Attitudes, Behaviors, and Screening Test Participation Regarding Breast Cancer

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

animation-based breast cancer education: The animation-based humorous application consists of four videos, each lasting 40-45 minutes, which separately explain the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, self-breast examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography through animation.

Control group (placebo): No intervention will be applied to the control group.

Study summary

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of education provided to women in menopause through animation on their attitudes toward breast cancer, behaviors, and screening test participation. The study will include a total of 136 women in the menopausal period, comprising 68 experimental group participants and 68 control group participants who have applied to the Orduyeri and Kırtepe Family Health Centers affiliated with the Bartın Public Health Institution. Women who agree to participate in the project, which will run from January to August 2025, will receive 40-45 minute training sessions in a suitable room at the ASM. The training sessions will be conducted in groups of 8-12 people. The training content will include information about the purpose, duration, and rules of the training. After providing information about the project, a pre-test will be administered. Through face-to-face interviews, researchers assigned to the project will show animated videos enriched with sound and images via an online program they have prepared. These videos will be 10-12 minutes long, and an interim test will be conducted. Three months after the pre-test, the women participating in the study will be contacted, and a final test will be administered in their own homes. Project data will be collected using the Personal Information Form, Champion Health Belief Scale, and Breast Cancer Awareness Scale. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, chi-square tests, and repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests will be used in the statistical analysis of the project.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• menopause symptom scale — 3 month
  The scale consists of a total of 11 items and 3 subscales. These 3 subscales are called the "Somatic Complaints subscale," "Psychological Complaints subscale," and "Urogenital Complaints subscale." The scale is a 5-point Likert scale. The score obtained from the scale ranges from 0 to 44 points. An increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the severity of menopausal complaints experienced.

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