Australian Screening Mammography Decision Aid Trial: A Decision Aid for Women Aged 40 Thinking About Starting Mammography Screening - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	University of Sydney
Information provided by:	University of Sydney
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00139048

Purpose

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

Condition	Intervention
Knowledge of Mammography Screening	Behavioral: Decision Aid

MedlinePlus related topics: Mammography

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	A Randomised Controlled Trial of an on-Line Decision Aid for Women Aged 40 Considering Whether to Have Screening Mammograms to Evaluate the Change in Knowledge Regarding Mammography Screening.

Further study details as provided by University of Sydney:

Primary Outcome Measures:

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

Secondary Outcome Measures:

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

Estimated Enrollment:	200
Study Start Date:	September 2005
Study Completion Date:	February 2007

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	38 Years to 45 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

female
aged between 38-45
have access to the internet

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00139048

Locations

Australia, New South Wales
University of Sydney
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 2006

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Sydney

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Alex Barratt

Screening and Test evaluation programme, School of Public Health, University of Sydney

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	ASMDAT40
Study First Received:	August 28, 2005
Last Updated:	April 25, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00139048
Health Authority:	Australia: Human Research Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by University of Sydney:

informed choice
shared decision making
decision aid
mammography screening
decision support

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009