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

Mammogram Decision Support for Formerly Homeless Women With Serious Mental Illness

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03162887

Enrollment

Registered

2017-05-22

Start date

2014-02-06

Completion date

2016-08-11

Last updated

2025-05-22

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Conditions

Breast - Female

Brief summary

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

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.

Interventions

OTHEREducational Intervention

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

OTHERCounseling

Undergo a web-based decision counseling session

OTHERInformational Intervention

Receive a next steps document

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SCREENING

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

40 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in decisional conflict score assessed by pre- and post-intervention survey	Baseline up to 1 month	Will estimate the mean pre/post change, along with a 95% confidence interval, and will test this change via a paired t-test. Will use linear regression to assess what factors (including socio-demographics and decision counseling score) are associated with the change.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026