Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of the Program on the Awareness of Roma Women on Cervical Cancer
The Effect of Music Therapy and Planned Education Program on Roma Women's Awareness and Health Beliefs Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screening
- 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)
This study, which is designed according to the experimental model with randomized pre-test and post-test control group, will be carried out with Roman women who apply to Yavuz Selim Family Health Center in Samsun province, Canik district, where Roma citizens are densely registered.The population of the study consists of Roma women aged 30-65 who are registered to Yavuz Selim Family Health Center in Canik district of Samsun province. The working group will be composed of 80 Roma women who meet the selection criteria. The turkey in cervical cancer screening taking rate is 50% and 17% to 5% error when Roman population was identified as sample size 62 with power 80%.Since the study will consist of experiment and control groups, each group will be determined as 31 people, and 9 backups will be taken, considering that there may be losses. As a result, the research will be conducted as 40 people in the experimental group and 40 people in the control group.A personal questionnaire prepared by the researcher in line with the literature, Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test Health Belief Model Scale will be applied to the Roma women who apply to Yavuz Selim Family Health Center and who have accepted to participate in the study by explaining the purpose of the research and those who accept to participate in the study. Roma women who are pre-tested will be randomly assigned to the sample pool to be divided into experimental and control groups. Roman women will be divided into experimental and control groups by Simple Random Method.A 4-week training program will be applied to the experimental group. Afterwards, 2 weeks of training will be done through music. At the end of the training, a focus group discussion will be held with the participants in the experimental group regarding their educational experiences, learning experiences for cervical cancer and screening and program outcomes.A personal questionnaire, Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test Health Belief Model Scale will be applied to the experimental and control groups as a final test.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical Cancer | Malignant Cervical Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Program and Music Therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental: Intervention Group
- description
- Firstly, Pre-tests were applied to the women in the experimental group. The 4-week training program created by taking into account the cultural characteristics of the Roma; It includes the Anatomy of Female Reproductive Organs, Anatomy of the Cervix, Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Early diagnosis and its importance, Pap smear test, HPV-DNA test, Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Education Center. Afterwards, music therapy will be applied to the women in the experimental group with the song written and composed by the researchers who emphasized the importance of early diagnosis. At the end of the program, a focus group discussion will be held with the participants in the experimental group regarding their educational experiences, learning experiences for cervical cancer and screening, and program outcomes. Final tests will be made 3 months after the training ends.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Education Program and Music Therapy
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- No Intervention: Control Group
- description
- First, pre-tests will be applied to the women in the control group. Women in this group will not be intervened and post-tests will be made 3 months after the pre-test.
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 30 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Being romani * Be woman * Being married or living / living with a partner * To be registered at Yavuz Selim Family Health Center * 30 years of age or older (to accept as the starting age for scans) * Being literate * Not being educated about cervical cancer * Not having been screened for cervical cancer before * Not being pregnant or postpartum three-month jobs * Agree to participate in research * No communication barriers Exclusion Criteria: * Having had problems with the cervix before * Having a cervical cancer screening * Having had a hysterectomy operation
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDAydin M, Avci IA. The effect of the music-supported education program on the awareness and health beliefs of Roma women about cervical cancer and screening. BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 25;25(1):1536. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21884-4. PMID 40281521