The skin awareness study: promoting thorough skin self-examination for skin cancer among men 50 years or older
Autor: | Rachel E. Neale, Joanne F. Aitken, David C. Whiteman, Louise Gordon, Monika Janda, Philippa H. Youl, Peter D. Baade |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Randomization Skin Neoplasms Video Recording Pilot Projects Health Promotion law.invention Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Health Education Melanoma Aged Skin Aged 80 and over integumentary system business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Public health Patient Selection Cancer General Medicine Awareness Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Physical therapy Self-Examination Health education Queensland Skin cancer business |
Zdroj: | Contemporary clinical trials. 31(1) |
ISSN: | 1559-2030 |
Popis: | Background: Incidence and mortality from skin cancers including melanoma are highest among men 50 years or older. Thorough skin self-examination may be beneficial to improve skin cancer outcomes. Objectives: To develop and conduct a randomized-controlled trial of a video-based intervention to improve skin self-examination behavior among men 50 years or older. Methods: Pilot work ascertained appropriate targeting of the 12-minute intervention video towards men 50 years or older. Overall, 968 men were recruited and 929 completed baseline telephone assessment. Baseline analysis assessed randomization balance and demographic, skin cancer risk and attitudinal factors associated with conducting a whole-body skin self-examination or receiving a whole-body clinical skin examination by a doctor during the past 12 months. Results: Randomization resulted in well-balanced intervention and control groups. Overall 13% of men reported conducting a thorough skin self-examination using a mirror or the help of another person to check difficult to see areas, while 39% reported having received a whole-body skin examination by a doctor within the past 12 months. Confidence in finding time for and receiving advice or instructions by a doctor to perform a skin self-examination were among the factors associated with thorough skin self-examination at baseline. Conclusions: Men 50 years or older can successfully be recruited to a video-based intervention trial with the aim to reduce their burden through skin cancer. Randomization by computer generated randomization list resulted in good balance between control and intervention group and baseline analysis determined factors associated with skin cancer early detection behavior. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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