Clinical trial · Observational
Health Seeking Behaviour in Women Diagnosed With Gynaecological Cancer: Can it be Modified to Improve Patient Outcomes?
- 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 will focus on speaking to women who have been diagnosed with one of the five main gynaecological cancers: ovarian, endometrial (womb), cervical, vulval and vaginal. Too many women are dying from gynaecological cancer in the UK. There are many reasons for this, but the study investigators think that embarrassment might be one of the reasons. It can be embarrassing to talk about gynaecological cancers or the symptoms that they cause. This might lead some women to delay going to their doctor when they have symptoms. This study will speak with women who have been diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer to ask them what they did before they were diagnosed; when did they realise something was wrong; what made them go to their doctor; did having gynaecological symptoms make them think differently about going to the doctor? This information will be used to find ways of making it as easy as possible for women to go to their doctors as early as possible. This will hopefully see fewer women dying from these cancers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gynaecological Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| No intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Description of the facilitators and barriers to health seeking behaviour in women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer using semi-structured qualitative interviews.
- timeFrame
- 2 years
- description
- Semi-structured interviews will be used to explore the facilitators and barriers to health seeking behaviour in women who have been diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer. Analysis will be narrative using both framework and thematic analysis Framework analysis will use the constructs of capability, opportunity and motivation of the COM-B behaviour tool model.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Description of the perceptions of pelvic examination in women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer using semi-structured interviews.
- timeFrame
- 2 years
- description
- Semi-structured interviews will be used to explore the perceptions to pelvic examination in women who have been diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer. Analysis will be narrative using both framework and thematic analysis Framework analysis will use the constructs of capability, opportunity and motivation of the COM-B behaviour tool model.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 100 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of gynaecological cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking participants * Cognitive impairment * Terminal stage of illness * Diagnosis through screening programmes
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