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ClinicalTrials.gov ID

NCT06711848

Lead Sponsor

University of RwandaOTHER

Overall Status

Not yet recruiting

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

Not Applicable

Enrollment

75Estimated

Last Update Posted

Dec 2, 2024Actual

Start Date

Jan 5, 2025Estimated

Primary Completion Date

Mar 31, 2025Estimated

Completion Date

Apr 30, 2025Estimated

Official Title

A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness, Usability, Uptake, and Acceptability of an Educational Website and a Mobile Health Application Prototype in Improving Knowledge on Oral Cancer

Brief Summary

Introduction: Oral cancer is a malignant neoplastic disease affecting the lip, oral cavity (mouth) and/or the oropharynx. Despite the intense and diverse public health interventions on oral cancer prevention, the global prevalence rates of oral cancer and its major risk factors are still very high. Hence, oral cancer is an issue of serious global health importance.

Aim: To test and compare the effectiveness, usability, uptake, and acceptability of an educational website and a mobile health application prototype on oral cancer in improving oral cancer knowledge among university students.

Methods: This study will adopt a randomised control trial design, and it will be conducted among 75 first-year bachelor's degree students from five universities across two continents: University of Rwanda (Rwanda, Africa), Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Nigeria, Africa), University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka, Asia), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and Saveetha University (India, Aisa). The study participants will be in three groups (Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3). The participants in Group 1 will be the control group (n = 25 participants; 5 participants from each university); that is the group that will not receive an educational intervention. However, those in Group 2 (n = 25 participants; 5 participants from each university) will receive a web-based educational intervention on oral cancer while those in Group 3 (n = 25 participants; 5 participants from each university) will receive an app-based educational intervention on oral cancer. Pretest survey and posttest survey will be done for all participants. The data collected will be statistically analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 28 software. Descriptive statistics will be done for all variables while inferential statistics (analysis of variance) will be done to test for associations between variables of interest.

Conclusion: The findings of this study will determine the effectiveness, usability, uptake, and acceptability of the tested digital intervention tools.

• Oral Cancer
• Health Education, Community
• Digital Intervention
• MHealth Application
• MHealth Intervention

• A web-based educational intervention on oral cancer
• A mobile health app-based educational intervention on oral cancer

Ages Eligible for Study

Adult (18-64)

Sexes Eligible for Study

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• being a first-year bachelor degree student of either University of Rwanda (Rwanda), University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka), Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Nigeria), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), or Saveetha University (India)
• being within the age range of 18 to 39 years
• having a personal smartphone
• willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• being a member of staff or a visitor or a non-first year bachelor degree student of University of Rwanda (Rwanda), University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka), Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Nigeria), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), or Saveetha University (India)
• being a student of a tertiary institution not selected for the study
• being below the age of 18 years or above the age of 39 years.
• not having a personal smartphone
• not willing to participate in the study

Primary Purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional Model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open Label)

Lead Sponsor

University of RwandaOTHER

Collaborators

University of PeradeniyaOTHER

University of IbadanOTHER

Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityOTHER

Saveetha UniversityOTHER

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