An interventional study of Education in Healthy Lifestyle and Education, sponsored by Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-04.
Sponsored by Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the education given to individuals undergoing colorectal cancer screening on their attitudes, beliefs and healthy lifestyle behaviors.
This study was planned to be conducted as a prospective randomized controlled study in a family health center in Istanbul. The universe of the research; The sample of individuals registered to the family health center will consist of a total of 70 individuals who meet the inclusion criteria for the study.
Patient Diagnosis Form, Colorectal Cancer Screening Attitude Belief Scale, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II will be used to collect data. Data will be collected at the first encounter, 1 month later, 3 months later, pre-test and post-test. In the research, individuals will be divided into two groups: intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 35). Training will be provided to the intervention group.
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Exclusion Criteria:
People who have undergone colorectal cancer screening will be given training on colorectal cancer prevention. Training will be carried out face to face and individually. The training will take approximately 25-30 minutes.
Behavioral: Education
Individuals in this group will be screened for colorectal cancer. However, this group will not be given any training on cancer prevention.
Individuals in this group will be trained on acquiring healthy lifestyle behaviors to protect against colorectal cancer. Training will be individual, face-to-face and in the form of question and answer. At the end of the training, training brochures prepared by the researchers after taking expert opinions will be distributed to the participants. The training will take approximately 25-30 minutes. The training will take place in the training hall at the family health center.
Colorectal cancer screening attitude belief scale
Scale; It consists of five subscales: relevance and consistency, perception of sensitivity, response effectiveness, cancer anxiety, and social influence. There are 16 items in the scale. The scale is in 5-point Likert style and the answer options for each item are; It is evaluated as "strongly disagree" (1 point), "disagree" (2 points), "don't know" (3 points), "agree" (4 points) and "strongly agree" (5 points).
Time frame: Baseline, after one month and after three months
Healthy lifestyle behaviors scale II
The scale consists of 52 items and six factors. These; health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual development, interpersonal relationships and stress management. Scale rating is 4-point Likert type. Expressions such as never (1), sometimes (2), often (3), regularly (4) are accepted. The lowest score that can be obtained from the entire scale is 52 and the highest score is 208.
Time frame: Baseline, after one month and after three months
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