Clinical trial · Interventional
Cancer Screening Training for Academics
The Effect of Cancer Screening Training Provided to Academics at a Foundation University on Cancer Screening Knowledge Levels and Family Health Center Utilization Rates
- 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)
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of cancer screening education on individuals' knowledge levels regarding cancer screening and their rates of utilization of primary health care services. Method: The research was conducted using a parallel group pretest-posttest experimental design. The study, conducted at a foundation university between April and May 2025, included 71 academics selected using simple random sampling. The intervention group received structured cancer screening education for four weeks. Data will be collected using a Personal Information Form and the Cancer Screening Knowledge Scale (CSKS), and will be analyzed using appropriate statistical methods.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention
- description
- Before the training began, baseline data were collected from participants in the intervention group, including a Personal Information Form, a Cancer Screening Awareness Questionnaire for Family Health Centers, and a Cancer Screening Knowledge Scale. Completing the baseline assessment took approximately 5-10 minutes. Subsequently, this group received a 15-minute face-to-face structured training session on cancer screening and the use of Family Health Centers. The post-test was administered two months after the training was completed.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Cancer training
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- control
- description
- No training was provided to participants in the control group. Participants in this group were only asked to complete a Personal Information Form at the beginning of the study, and final test data was collected at the end of the two months
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Be employed full-time at the university, * Be able to read and understand Turkish, * Not have received any cancer screening training in the last 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Those who did not participate in the training or participated incompletely, * Those with incomplete information in the pre-test or post-test data, * Those who have been diagnosed with cancer and are undergoing treatment
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDDagar, M., Upadhyay, P., & Kumar, P. (2025). Assessing Cancer Awareness and Knowledge Among Healthcare Professionals in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Bareilly. SRMS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, 10(Suppl1), S13-S19. https://doi.org/10.21761/JMS.V10ISUPPL.04