Trial reportBMC medical informatics and decision making2021
The effect of a smartphone application on women's performance and health beliefs about breast self-examination: a quasi-experimental study.
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- Early detection of self-breast examination using smartphone breast application.Breast disease · 2024Pooled it
- What is the uptake rate of breast self-examination in Iranian women? Estimation based on systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2023Pooled it
- Mobile-Based Application Interventions to Enhance Cancer Control and Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
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- The effect of a virtual educational intervention based on self-efficacy theory on women's skills of breast self- examination.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- The effect of gamification-based training on the knowledge, attitudes, and academic achievement of male adolescents in preventing substance and internet addiction.BMC medical education · 2023Trial
- The effects of continuous care model using a smartphone application on adherence to treatment and self-efficacy among patients with multiple sclerosis.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Trial
- A Culturally Tailored mHealth App (VCheck) to Support Breast Self-Examination Among Thai Women: Development and Formative Evaluation Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Design and Usability Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Postoperative Self-Management in Breast Cancer Patients.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- The Effect of Culture-Based Breast Health Education Program on Breast Self-Examination Practice Among High-Risk Women: Randomized Controlled Trial.Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal · 2026Article
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- The Relationship Between the Health Literacy Levels of Women of Reproductive Age and Their Level of Knowledge About Cancer Screenings.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Predicting breast self-examination awareness in Sub-Saharan Africa using machine learning.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Bridging the knowledge gap: educational needs of Iranian women for virtual breast cancer prevention: a qualitative study.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards breast self-examination among women: a web based community study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Designing a virtual breast cancer prevention program for Iranian women: A study protocol.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Breast Cancer Prevention: The Key Role of Population Screening, Breast Self-Examination (BSE) and Technological Tools. Survey of Italian Women.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023Article
- Awareness and practice of breast self-examination among female staff at Babcock University, Nigeria.Ecancermedicalscience · 2023Article
- Psychosocial Experiences of Older Women in the Management of Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Breast awareness mobile apps for health education and promotion for breast cancer.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreast Self-Examination (BSE) is a simple and inexpensive method for early diagnosis of breast cancer. This study aimed to determine the effect of a smartphone application on women's performance and health beliefs regarding BSE.
methodsIn this quasi-experimental study, 150 women referring to therapeutic clinics in Jahrom, Iran from December 2019 to May 2020 were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control group. The intervention group participants had access to a smartphone application including BSE reminder, training, alarm, and feedback to the therapist. The application also contained educational movies and self-assessment. The study data were collected using Champion's Health Belief Model Scale and BSE information record form before and six months after the intervention. Then, the data were entered into the SPSS 21 software and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired t-test, independent t-test, Chi-square, ANCOVA, Mann-Whitney, and Wilcoxon tests.
resultsAfter the intervention, the largest number of BSEs was four times among 60% of the participants in the intervention group and once among 24% of the participants in the control group during four months (p = 0.001). After the intervention, the mean differences of the scores of perceived susceptibility (1.03 ± 2.65 vs. 0.01 ± 0.42, p = 0.001), BSE barriers (2.80 ± 5.32 vs. 0.04 ± 1.43, p = 0.001), self-efficacy (10.75 ± 7.63 vs. - 2.75 ± 2.44, p = 0.001), and health motivation (2.77 ± 3.70 vs. - 0.29 ± 0.63, p = 0.001) were significantly higher in the intervention group compared to the control group. However, no significant difference was observed between the two groups with regard to perceived severity and BSE benefits after the intervention.
conclusionsAccess to the smartphone application enhanced the participants' performance and health beliefs regarding BSE in the areas of perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, and health motivation. Therefore, we recommend using the same smartphone application to improve women's performance and health beliefs regarding BSE.
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