NCT04756440

The Effect of the Program on the Awareness of Roma Women on Cervical Cancer

Completed NA Last updated 4 April 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Education Program and Music Therapy in Cervical Cancer in 80 participants. Completed in 15 March 2022.

Timeline

15 August 2020

Primary endpoint
15 February 2022

15 March 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ondokuz Mayıs University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	single group
Masking	single
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	80
Start date	15 August 2020
Primary completion	15 February 2022
Estimated completion	15 March 2022
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Education Program and Music Therapy

Conditions studied

• Cervical Cancer — all drugs for Cervical Cancer →

Sponsor

Ondokuz Mayıs University

Who can join

Adults 30 to 65, female only, with Cervical Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study, which is designed according to the experimental model with randomized pre-test and post-test control group, will be carried out with Roman women who apply to Yavuz Selim Family Health Center in Samsun province, Canik district, where Roma citizens are densely registered.The population of the study consists of Roma women aged 30-65 who are registered to Yavuz Selim Family Health Center in Canik district of Samsun province. The working group will be composed of 80 Roma women who meet the selection criteria. The turkey in cervical cancer screening taking rate is 50% and 17% to 5% error when Roman population was identified as sample size 62 with power 80%.Since the study will consist of experiment and control groups, each group will be determined as 31 people, and 9 backups will be taken, considering that there may be losses. As a result, the research will be conducted as 40 people in the experimental group and 40 people in the control group.A personal questionnaire prepared by the researcher in line with the literature, Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test Health Belief Model Scale will be applied to the Roma women who apply to Yavuz Selim Family Health Center and who have accepted to participate in the study by explaining the purpose of the research and those who accept to participate in the study. Roma women who are pre-tested will be randomly assigned to the sample pool to be divided into experimental and control groups. Roman women will be divided into experimental and control groups by Simple Random Method.A 4-week training program will be applied to the experimental group. Afterwards, 2 weeks of training will be done through music. At the end of the training, a focus group discussion will be held with the participants in the experimental group regarding their educational experiences, learning experiences for cervical cancer and screening and program outcomes.A personal questionnaire, Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test Health Belief Model Scale will be applied to the experimental and control groups as a final test.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The effect of the music-supported education program on the awareness and health beliefs of Roma women about cervical cancer and screening.
   Aydin M, Avci İA. · · 2025 · PMID 40281521 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-025-21884-4