Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Mobile Text Message on Behavioral Risks of Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Mobile Text Message on Behavioral Risks of Cancer Among College Students, Northeast Ethiopia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Summary Background: Cancer is a public health problem in Ethiopia. A third of cancer deaths are preventable. Its effects can be significantly reduced if effective interventions are put in place to control risk factors. Text-messaging has been currently targeted as a simple tool for providing people with health information. Thus this study aimed to measure the effectiveness of text message in behavioral risk factors that is helpful to raise cancer awareness and promote cancer prevention and control in this country. Methods: A randomized control trial will be used to measure the effectiveness of mobile text message in behavioral risk factor of cancer among Governmental Collage students in Dessie City and utilize quantitative method of data collection. Data will be collected on a total of 80 intervention and 80 controls using structured questionnaire. Socio-demographic, health belief variables and behavioral risk factor of cancer will be collected before and after intervention. Text message will be provided based on health belief model. Data will be entered using Epidata version 3.1 and will be exported to STATA version 13.0 for cleaning and analysis. Liner regression will be applied to identify predictors of behavioral risk factor of cancer. Student's paired samples t-test will be used to test changes in terms of HBM variables and behavioural outcomes. Analysis of Covariance will be used to test over group comparison.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Risks of Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer specific Mobile text message | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| General health messages | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cancer specific Mobile text message
- description
- This arm will receive daily mobile text message related with cancer risks and prevention
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Cancer specific Mobile text message
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- general health messages
- description
- This arm will receive general health message once a week
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: General health messages
Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Physical activity level
- timeFrame
- on average 6 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 35 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * College students aged 18 to 35 Exclusion Criteria: * Mental and physical disability, those who already have diagnosed cancer
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDHussien FM, Hassen AM, Asfaw ZA, Ahmed AY, Dawed YA, Asfaw AH, Amsalu ET, Hassen HY. Knowledge and practice regarding the behavioural risks of cancer among college students in Ethiopia. Ecancermedicalscience. 2022 Jan 13;16:1343. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1343. eCollection 2022. PMID 35242224
- DERIVEDHussien FM, Hassen AM, Asfaw ZA, Ahmed AY, Hassen HY. The effect of mobile text messages on knowledge and perception towards cancer and behavioral risks among college students, Northeast Ethiopia: A randomized controlled trial protocol. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 9;16(7):e0253839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253839. eCollection 2021. PMID 34242256