Impact of an educational intervention on women's knowledge and confidence in human papillomavirus self-sampling

Impact of an educational intervention on women's knowledge and confidence in human papillomavirus self-sampling: a randomized controlled trial in Cameroon

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN78123709

Enrollment

302

Registered

2014-01-10

Start date

2012-07-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Educational video improves cervix cancer knowledge Cancer

Interventions

Participants were randomly chosen to receive standard information (control group) or standard information followed by educational intervention (interventional group). 1. Standard information included

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women aged between 25 and 65 years old eligible for cervical cancer screening 2. Willing to give written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancies 2. Previous hysterectomies or cervical surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Assess the impact of an educational intervention on women?s knowledge about HPV. A 7-item questionnaire was addressed to participants, with 3-point scale answers.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Assess the impact of an educational intervention on women?s confidence regarding the Self-HPV test. We conducted a scientific literary review of the questionnaires on cervical cancer knowledge, attitudes and confidence about Self-HPV, in order to base our methodology on previous studies. The acceptability indices were scored on a 4-point scale. For each method, we calculated mean scores for embarrassment, pain, anxiety, discomfort, degree of relaxation (reverse score) and confidence (reverse score). Responses were on a 4-point scale as follows: ?not at all?, ?slightly?, ?moderately? and ?very?. A total ??acceptability score?? for each method was calculated by adding the mean scores of each of these 6 items. A higher score indicates a more negative attitude toward the test. The willingness to perform Self-HPV was tested by the following two questions: ??Do you agree to perform regularly Self-HPV??? and ??Would you recommend the Self-HPV to friends and/or family???. Willingness to test oneself at home was also assessed and possible answers were ?yes?, ?no? and ?do not know?.	—

Measure

Time frame

Assess the impact of an educational intervention on women?s confidence regarding the Self-HPV test. We conducted a scientific literary review of the questionnaires on cervical cancer knowledge, attitudes and confidence about Self-HPV, in order to base our methodology on previous studies. The acceptability indices were scored on a 4-point scale. For each method, we calculated mean scores for embarrassment, pain, anxiety, discomfort, degree of relaxation (reverse score) and confidence (reverse score). Responses were on a 4-point scale as follows: ?not at all?, ?slightly?, ?moderately? and ?very?. A total ??acceptability score?? for each method was calculated by adding the mean scores of each of these 6 items. A higher score indicates a more negative attitude toward the test. The willingness to perform Self-HPV was tested by the following two questions: ??Do you agree to perform regularly Self-HPV??? and ??Would you recommend the Self-HPV to friends and/or family???. Willingness to test oneself at home was also assessed and possible answers were ?yes?, ?no? and ?do not know?.

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Countries

Cameroon

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026