Developing and Testing the Effectiveness of a Skin Cancer Self-Detection Educational Program

Sponsor
National University Hospital, Singapore
Study ID
NCT07247123
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
16 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Skin Cancer Self-Detection Educational Program with gain-framing — BEHAVIORAL
    This educational website will feature gain-framing messages, emphasizing the benefits of adopting a behavior, utilising positive language and analogies. The interventional domains are (1) Education on skin cancer risk factors and epidemiology, (2) UV Protection Advice, (3) Skin Self-Examination Techniques and (4) Differentiating benign vs malignant skin conditions.
  • Skin Cancer Self-Detection Educational Program with loss-framing — BEHAVIORAL
    This educational website will feature loss-framing messages, highlight the consequences of failing to adopt a behavior, utilising negative language and analogies. The interventional domains are (1) Education on skin cancer risk factors and epidemiology, (2) UV Protection Advice, (3) Skin Self-Examination Techniques and (4) Differentiating benign vs malignant skin conditions.
  • Wait-list Control — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants in the control group will gain access to the intervention websites after the 4-month questionnaire is completed.

Study Details

Skin cancer is a significant public health concern, even in an Asian society like Singapore where it ranks among the top 10 cancers. This RCT tests the effectiveness of a skin cancer educational intervention to improve skin cancer outcomes among skin-of-color individuals, including the effects of gain versus loss framing.

Key Dates

First listed
Nov 25, 2025
Start date
Jun 15, 2026
Status verified
Oct 2025
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2027
Completion
Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
280 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Placebo Comparator: Control
    Participants will fill up a baseline competency examination and questionnaire, and another at the 4 month mark. Access to the intervention for control group participants will only be provided after the 4-month questionnaire is completed.
  • Experimental: Intervention with gain framing
    Participants will fill up a baseline competency examination and questionnaire. Afterwards, they will have access to a website with gain-framed messages emphasising benefits of adopting a behaviour. Thereafter, another competency questionnaire will be administered following completion of material.
  • Experimental: Intervention with loss framing
    Participants will fill up a baseline competency examination and questionnaire. Afterwards, they will have access to a website with loss-framed messages highlighting consequences of failing to adopt a behaviour. Thereafter, another competency questionnaire will be administered following completion of material.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in competency scores [ Time Frame: Baseline, immediately post-intervention (for intervention arms), 4 months post-intervention ]

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