Australian Screening Mammography Decision Aid Trial: A Decision Aid for Women Aged 40 Thinking About Starting Mammography Screening

University of Sydney200 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Knowledge of Mammography Screening

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 38 YearsMax age: 45 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * female * aged between 38-45 * have access to the internet Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (1)

University of Sydney

Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Assess the change in knowledge about the issues involved in screening mammography in women who have read the decision aid.

Secondary Outcomes

elicit womens views on the decision aid including ease of use, content and presentation of information,

assess the differences in intention to screen

assess the impact of the decision aid on informed choice

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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