Neoplasms

Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

All Conditions

Skin Neoplasms

Skin Diseases

Dermatologic Agents

All Drugs and Chemicals

Sunscreening Agents

Protective Agents

Radiation-Protective Agents

Subjects receiving the video-based educational material

Subjects receiving the written educational material

In the experimental arm, the intervention is the video-based patient educational material on sunscreen. In the active comparison arm (control arm), the comparison intervention is written patient educational material on sunscreen.

Patient Educational Materials

April W Armstrong, MD

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' adherence to sunscreen application.

We plan to conduct a randomized, controlled trial comparing the effect of video-based patient education with written instruction on subjects' adherence to sunscreen application.

Subjects randomized to the video-based education arm will be instructed to watch a video on the importance of sunscreen application and the proper technique of applying sunscreen. Subjects randomized to the written education arm will receive written information on the importance of sunscreen application and the proper technique of applying sunscreen. The contents of the video and the written educational materials will be comparable.

At the end of the study period, 3 months later, subjects will be interviewed via telephone regarding their sunscreen application behavior during the last month of the study period. Subjects will also be interviewed regarding their comprehension and attitude towards video-based and written education materials.

Comparison Of Video-based Versus Written Patient Education on Sunscreen

Comparison of Video-based Versus Written Patient Education on Sunscreen Behavior

University of California, Davis

Urinary Tract, Sexual Organs, and Pregnancy Conditions

Prostatic Neoplasms

A co-created PEM has been designed in collaboration with patients. Participants receiving the intervention will be asked to read and answer questions before and after viewing the co-created PEM.

Participants will be asked to read and answer questions before and after viewing the traditional PEM created by clinicians and researchers.

A co-created PEM has been designed in collaboration with patients.

Co-created PEM

Although the harms of screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test outweigh the benefits, 560,000 Ontario men undergo PSA screening each year. Guideline developers, such as the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC), have disseminated patient educational materials (PEMs) on PSA screening widely in Ontario, yet men remain confused about screening harms and benefits. One potential contributing factor may be that PEMs are typically developed by researchers and clinicians and may not address patient barriers to change. The investigators will assess whether a PSA screening PEM that is co-created with patients provides added value over PEMs developed using the traditional approach (i.e., researchers and clinicians develop a PEM with patient involvement in usability testing only. The investigators will also assess satisfaction with the engagement process and calculate the costs and resources required for each method (i.e. co-creation, usability, and recommendations only). This study will generate a PSA screening PEM to help patients make evidence-based screening decisions. It will also help Ontario organizations, including Cancer Care Ontario, identify optimal methods for developing PEMs for PSA screening and other areas of preventive health care, such as breast and colorectal cancer screening.

Patient Educational Materials for Prostate Cancer Screening

A Randomized Trial to Assess Whether Co-creating Patient Educational Materials With Patients Has Added Value Over Researchers and Clinicians Developing Patient Education Materials and Engaging Patients During Usability Testing Only.

The investigators will assess differences and changes in prostate cancer screening decisional conflict and intention to be screened for the co-created PEM group and the traditional PEM group using repeated measures ANOVAs.

The investigators will assess the differences in the pretest-posttest change in prostate cancer screening knowledge between the co-created PEM group and the traditional PEM group using a 7-item knowledge measure. Assessed by conducting a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA).

The investigators will assess the differences between the two study arms in PEM/recommendation usability using a one-way ANOVA

The investigators will evaluate participants' preferred material (co-created or traditional PEM). Use a chi-square test to analyze the difference in the proportion of patients who prefer each type of material.

The investigators will record the resources required (e.g., personnel hours and participant reimbursement) for a health care organization to develop a co-created PEM in comparison to a PEM created by clinicians and researchers.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Comparison Of Video-based Versus Written Patient Education on Sunscreen	NCT00826306	Dermatology Dis... Skin Cancer	Patient Educati...	18 Years -	University of California, Davis
Patient Educational Materials for Prostate Cancer Screening	NCT03222466	Patient Educati...	Co-created PEM	40 Years -	Unity Health Toronto
Comparison Of Video-based Versus Written Patient Education on Sunscreen	NCT00826306	Dermatology Dis... Skin Cancer	Patient Educati...	18 Years -	University of California, Davis

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