Clinical trial NCT04251598: I am Protecting my Child From the Sun Program
Official title: Effect of the "I am Protecting my Child From the Sun" Program Based on Social Cognitive Theory, on Parent Behaviors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Skin Neoplasms
Parents
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Child Behavior
Health Behavior
Keywords: Skin Cancer
Sun Protection
Parent Behavior
Social Cognitive Theory
Public Health Nursing
Lead sponsor: Akdeniz University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-02-05
Enrollment: 185
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study aimed to examine the effect of the "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program, based on social cognitive theory, on parents' sun-protection product use and sun avoidance behaviors. The "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program, based on Social Cognitive Theory, and the sending of short reminder messages had positive effects on the parents' behaviors related to protecting themselves and their children from the sun.

Detailed description: This study aimed to examine the effect of the "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program, based on social cognitive theory, on parents' sun-protection product use and sun avoidance behaviors. Organized as a randomized controlled experimental study conducted on three groups with a pre- and post-test follow-up design, the study was carried out in Manavgat between April 2018 and October 2018 and included the participation of 185 parents, of which 63 were in the education group, 62 were in the education+SMS group, and 60 were in the control group. The parents in the intervention group were administered the "I Am Protecting My Child from the Sun" program for a period of six weeks, while the education+SMS group, in addition to the program, also received a total of 25 short text messages twice a week. Data were collected using the Parent Information Form, Skin Cancer Risk Perception Form, Skin Cancer and Sun Knowledge Scale, Parental Self-Efficacy Scale, Parental Sun Protection Scales, and Parent Behaviors Regarding Protecting Themselves and Their Children from The Sun Question Form.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteering to participate in the research
* Being least literate
* No communication problems in terms of hearing, seeing and understanding
* Being a mobile phone user to receive text messages sent by the researcher
* Living in the same home with the child
* Joining both parents or one of the parents
* No possibility of leaving the region during the research

Exclusion Criteria:

* Skin cancer diagnosis / history
* Having a family history of skin cancer

Primary outcomes:
measure: Parental Sun Protection Scales
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: Sun Protection Applications of Parents for Themselves and Child's
timeFrame: 9 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Skin Cancer and Sun Knowledge Scale
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: Skin Cancer Risk Perception
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: Parental Competence Scale
timeFrame: 9 months
measure: Skin Self-Examination
timeFrame: 9 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Antalya
country: Turkey
facility: Akdeniz University, Kumluca Faculty of Health Sciences
state: Kumluca
Study officials:
affiliation: Akdeniz University
name: Selma Öncel, PhD, RN, Professor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Sumen A, Oncel S. The effect of 'I am Protecting my Child from the Sun' programme on parental sun protection behaviours: Randomized controlled trial. J Adv Nurs. 2021 Jan;77(1):387-400. doi: 10.1111/jan.14614. Epub 2020 Oct 22.