Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for mHealth Behavioural Intervention to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Rates Among Members of the Public

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: mHealth Behavioural Intervention to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Rates Among Members of the Public

Official Title: mHealth Behavioural Intervention to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Rates Among Members of the Public

Study ID: NCT06293508

Conditions

Breast Neoplasm Female

Interventions

Standard Health Communication Intervention

Behavioural Change Health Communication Intervention

Study Description

Brief Summary: Late-stage presentation of breast cancer cases are on the rise in Malaysia. Encouraging breast screening practices can assist in early breast cancer detection. Literature has proven that behavior interventions in the form of behavior change health communication using social messaging applications is a viable strategy and potentially effective at motivating breast cancer screening among the public. Such studies are scarce in the South East Asian region, particularly in Malaysia, which is the prime motivation for the current study, Based on this promising prospect, we designed a randomized controlled trial to study the effects of applying persuasive health communication materials to initiate behavior change among a group of Malaysian women. Materials are delivered in the form of a health communication program over a social messaging application to promote breast cancer screening practices, which is either a clinical breast examination, or a mammogram. We hypothesize that Malaysian women who are exposed to such materials that are designed based on behavior science and behavior change principles will be nudged and hence more likely to attend breast cancer screening compared to a control group.

Detailed Description: This study involves a randomized controlled trial to asses the effectiveness of a health communication program using specifically designed materials using behavior science and behavior change principles. Materials were designed based on findings derived from a scoping review and interviewing Malaysian women through a series of qualitative interviews to determine the barriers and facilitators of attending breast cancer screening. The interview also investigated women's preferences for certain characteristics in a health message and health communication program that would motivate them to attend screening. Participants in the main experimental group will be compared with a control group, and another group which undergoes a standard health communication program.