Skin Neoplasm
Conditions
Keywords
Health belief model, health attitudes, university students, skin cancer
Brief summary
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of planned visual education based on the Health Belief Model on university students' attitudes and beliefs toward skin cancer. The planned visual education based in Health Belief Model has possitive effects on univestiy students' attitudes and beliefs toward skin cancer.
Detailed description
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of planned visual education based on the Health Belief Model on university students' attitudes and beliefs toward skin cancer. Planned as a cluster-randomized controlled experimental study conducted on two groups (n=116). The study was carried out in Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) and Hasan Ferdi Turgutlu Faculty of Technology (HFTFT) from the faculties of Manisa Celal Bayar University (MCBU) between February-Semptember 2019. Among seven departments in FEAS and four departments in the HFTFT, simple random sampling was used to draw lots again. The Department of Econometrics from the FEAS was assigned as the intervation groups (n=58) and Mechatronics Engineering from HFTFT was assigned as the control group (n=58). Data were collected using The Student Introduction Form and The Health Belief Model Scale in Skin Cancer.
Interventions
OTHERPlanned Visual Education Based on Health Belief Model
The students in IG were administered the planned visual education based on Health Belief Model for a period of seven months. The education materials were a PowerPoint presentation, a skin cancer model, videos titled Dear 16 years old me, Mr. Sun, a brochure, and 3 posters. .
Sponsors
Celal Bayar University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
Participants in the study do not know whether they are in the experimental or control group.
Intervention model description
The sample of this cluster randomized controlled experimental study consisted of 2nd year university students (n=116) training in Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) and Hasan Ferdi Turgutlu Faculty of Technology (HFTFT) from the faculties of Manisa Celal Bayar University (MCBU) between February-Semptember 2019. Among the faculties in MCBU, simple random sampling was used to draw lots, with the first lot being assigned to FEAS as the intervention group (IG), and the second lot being assigned to HFTFT as the control group (CG) . Among seven departments in FEAS and four departments in the HFTFT, simple random sampling was used to draw lots again. The Department of Econometrics from the FEAS was assigned as the IG and Mechatronics Engineering from HFTFT was assigned as the CG. 58 students for the CG and 58 students for the IG were recruited for the sample. Power of the study was calculated as post hoc at α=0.05 with a significance of 0.95.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* who Registered and continuing department courses * who agreed to participate in the study * who had formal education * who been second year students
Exclusion criteria
* Registration and absence of the student in the department courses * Refusal to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Health Belief Model Scale in Skin Cancer | One months | Developed by Dogan and Caydam (2021), the scale consists of 26 items and 5 sub-dimensions (perceived susceptibility, perceived benefit, perceived severity, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy). The HBMSSC is a five-point Likert-type scale, and each item is answered from disagree=1 to strongly agree=5. The total Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.86, and for the sub-dimensions it is 0.89; 0.79; 0.77; 0.65 and 0.86, respectively. The perceived barriers sub-dimension of the scale is reverse coded. The scale does not have a total score, and each sub-dimension is scored within itself. Higher perceived susceptibility, perceived benefit, perceived severity, and self-efficacy scores indicate higher perceived susceptibility, perceived benefit, perceived severity, and self-efficacy |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed