Clinical trial · Interventional
Skin Cancer, Self Skin Examination and Sun Protection Behaviors Training
The Effect Of Educatıon Gıven To Parents About Skın Cancer And Skın Self-Examınatıon On Theır Chıldren's Sun Protectıon Behavıors
- 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)
Introduction: Cancer is a serious disease with a high mortality rate in the world and in Turkey today. Skin cancer, which is among the most common types of cancer, is increasing every year in many countries in the world such as Australia, America, New Zealand, and in Turkey. The most dangerous type of skin cancer with a high mortality risk is melanoma. According to the Turkish Cancer Statistics, melanoma is among the ten most common cancer types among children aged 0-14 years. This situation constitutes a public health problem. Aim: This research was planned to determine the effect of education given to parents of secondary school students about skin cancer, Skin Self Examination (SSE) and Sun Protection Behaviors on their children's sun protection behaviors.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin Cancer | Malignant Skin Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| The researcher will give training to the training group about skin cancer, skin self-examination and sun protection behaviors. | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Education (Intervention) Group
- description
- In the pretest phase of the research;Education group, those who signed the Informed Voluntary Consent Form and agreed to participate in the research will fill out the questionnaire.Data collection will take approximately 20-25 minutes.Afterwards,the researcher will give training to the training group about skin cancer,skin self-examination and sun protection behaviors.The tutorials are planned as a PowerPoint demonstration.The duration of the trainings is planned to take approximately 40minutes.The content of the training was prepared in line with the literature review.As a method;It will be in the form of narration,question and answer,brainstorming.Materials used in education;Colorfulbrochures on the subject will be given to reinforce the slide show and post-training information.A follow-up period of four months will be expected after the training given.At the end of the follow-up period,the training group will have to fill out the post-test questionnaires during the post-test phase.
- interventionNames
- Other: The researcher will give training to the training group about skin cancer, skin self-examination and sun protection behaviors.
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- Control Group: In the pre-test phase of the study; control group parents, those who signed the Informed Consent Form and agreed to participate in the study will fill out the questionnaire. Data collection will take approximately 20-25 minutes. During the follow-up period (120 days), no intervention will be made on the control group. At the end of the follow-up period (120 days), the control group will have to fill out the post-test questionnaires during the post-test phase. Participants will be reminded of the purpose of the research. Approval of the Informed Consent Form will be received. Completing the post-test questionnaires will take approximately 20-25 minutes. A brochure training material will be distributed to the parents of the control group, in line with the principle of equality, immediately after the completion of the post-tests.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * To agree to participate in the research, * Being a parent with a child between the ages of 10-14, * Being open to communication and cooperation, * Being able to read and write, Exclusion Criteria: * Having a situation that may prevent written and verbal communication, * Not to have a child between the ages of 10-14, * Not agreeing to participate in the research, * Being illiterate,
References
Publications (3)
- RESULTSumen A, Oncel S. The effect of 'I am Protecting my Child from the Sun' programme on parental sun protection behaviours: Randomized controlled trial. J Adv Nurs. 2021 Jan;77(1):387-400. doi: 10.1111/jan.14614. Epub 2020 Oct 22. PMID 33089943
- RESULTZehra Altunkurek S, Kaya E. Parents' knowledge and understanding of skin cancer and skin self-examination and behaviors to protect their children from the sun. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2021 Feb;50:101884. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2020.101884. Epub 2020 Dec 4. PMID 33429351
- RESULTHorvath Z, Evelin CA, Olah P, Gyulai R, Lengyel Z. Results of a Primary Skin-Cancer-Prevention Campaign in Early Childhood on Sun-Related Knowledge and Attitudes in Southern Hungary. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 31;13(15):3873. doi: 10.3390/cancers13153873. PMID 34359770