Education, Healthy Lifestyle
Conditions
Keywords
colorectal cancer, cancer screening, healthy lifestyle, education
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the education given to individuals undergoing colorectal cancer screening on their attitudes, beliefs and healthy lifestyle behaviors. This study was planned to be conducted as a prospective randomized controlled study in a family health center in Istanbul. The universe of the research; The sample of individuals registered to the family health center will consist of a total of 70 individuals who meet the inclusion criteria for the study. Patient Diagnosis Form, Colorectal Cancer Screening Attitude Belief Scale, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II will be used to collect data. Data will be collected at the first encounter, 1 month later, 3 months later, pre-test and post-test. In the research, individuals will be divided into two groups: intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 35). Training will be provided to the intervention group.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEducation
Individuals in this group will be trained on acquiring healthy lifestyle behaviors to protect against colorectal cancer. Training will be individual, face-to-face and in the form of question and answer. At the end of the training, training brochures prepared by the researchers after taking expert opinions will be distributed to the participants. The training will take approximately 25-30 minutes. The training will take place in the training hall at the family health center.
Sponsors
Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
Randomized controlled ( experimental and control group)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Between 50-70 years old, * Registered at the Family Health Center, * Able to speak Turkish, * No diagnosis of psychiatric disease and no history of anxiolytic drug use, * They will have a Fecal Occult Blood test for the first time, * Positive result of fecal occult blood test, * Faecal occult blood test was positive and had a colonoscopy, * Those who have not been diagnosed with colorectal cancer as a result of colonoscopy, * Individuals who volunteer to participate in the research
Exclusion criteria
* Having had previous colon surgery, * Individuals with a history of colorectal cancer will not be included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colorectal cancer screening attitude belief scale | Baseline, after one month and after three months | Scale; It consists of five subscales: relevance and consistency, perception of sensitivity, response effectiveness, cancer anxiety, and social influence. There are 16 items in the scale. The scale is in 5-point Likert style and the answer options for each item are; It is evaluated as strongly disagree (1 point), disagree (2 points), don't know (3 points), agree (4 points) and strongly agree (5 points). |
| Healthy lifestyle behaviors scale II | Baseline, after one month and after three months | The scale consists of 52 items and six factors. These; health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual development, interpersonal relationships and stress management. Scale rating is 4-point Likert type. Expressions such as never (1), sometimes (2), often (3), regularly (4) are accepted. The lowest score that can be obtained from the entire scale is 52 and the highest score is 208. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed