A Randomised Controlled Trial of an on-Line Decision Aid for Women Aged 40 Considering Whether to Have Screening Mammograms to Evaluate the Change in Knowledge Regarding Mammography Screening.
Women who access the website, are aged between 38-45 years and are considering screening mammograms will be randomized to either the Decision Aid (a booklet providing information and exercises to help them to make a decision about whether to having screening mammograms) group or the Control Group. The Decision Aid group will first read the decision aid, and then will be asked some demographic and knowledge questions. The control group will be asked the demographic and knowledge questions only. The control group will have access to the Decision Aid after they have completed the questions
Status: Completed (N/A). Started on September 1st, 2005. Ended on February 1st, 2007.
Enrollment: 200 subjects
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design:
- Educational/Counseling/Training
- Randomized
- Double-Blind
- Active Control
- Parallel Assignment
- Efficacy Study
Conditions:
Interventions:
- Behavioral: Decision Aid
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
female
aged between 38-45
have access to the internet
Exclusion Criteria:
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- Gender
Female
- Mininum Age
38 Years
- Maximum Age
45 Years
Resources
Source: University of Sydney
Authority: Australia: Human Research Ethics Committee
Locations
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University of Sydney
Camperdown
New South Wales
2006
Australia
Officials
Alex Barratt (Principal Investigator, Screening and Test evaluation programme, School of Public Health, University of Sydney)
Sponsors
University of Sydney (Lead Sponsor)
References
None.
Links
None.
- Date Verified
- August 1st, 2005
- First Received
- April 25th, 2007
- Last Changed
- April 25th, 2007
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2008. Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
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