Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive website
Background: Alcohol consumption is a potentially modifiable risk factor for breast cancer (BC). Reducing alcohol consumption within the daily amount at low-risk for alcohol-related consequences (daily alcohol threshold) may contribute to preventing BC new cases. However, most women are unaware of ri...
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| author | Claudia Sardu Fabrizio Angius Paolo Contu Sofia Cosentino Monica Deiana Matteo Fraschini Clelia Madeddu Elena Massa Alessandra Mereu Luigi Minerba Carola Politi Silvia Puxeddu Francesco Salis Julia M.A. Sinclair Roberta Agabio |
| author_facet | Claudia Sardu Fabrizio Angius Paolo Contu Sofia Cosentino Monica Deiana Matteo Fraschini Clelia Madeddu Elena Massa Alessandra Mereu Luigi Minerba Carola Politi Silvia Puxeddu Francesco Salis Julia M.A. Sinclair Roberta Agabio |
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| description | Background: Alcohol consumption is a potentially modifiable risk factor for breast cancer (BC). Reducing alcohol consumption within the daily amount at low-risk for alcohol-related consequences (daily alcohol threshold) may contribute to preventing BC new cases. However, most women are unaware of risk factors for BC, the daily alcohol threshold, and how to measure alcohol use. We aimed at investigating the efficacy of accessing an interactive website in increasing the knowledge that alcohol is a BC risk factor. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial among women waiting for mammography. Women completed a questionnaire to investigate their knowledge before and after accessing an interactive (intervention group) and non-interactive (control group) website. Results: We recruited 671 women, randomized 329 (49.0 %) and 342 (51.0 %) to the intervention and control groups, respectively. At baseline, most women were not aware of most modifiable BC risk factors. Accessing either website significantly increased the percentage of women who acquired the knowledge on BC risk factors, with the interactive website achieving better results: 82 % and 69 % of women acquired the knowledge that alcohol is a risk factor for BC in the intervention and control groups, respectively (p < 0.001). Among women with lower levels of education, the probability of acquiring this knowledge was higher in the intervention group than control group. Conclusion: Our results show that accessing an interactive website may increase the percentage of women who acquire the knowledge that alcohol is a BC risk factor especially among women of lower levels of education. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9409bde25ae44490af961baecd56f28a2025-02-12T05:30:37ZengElsevierBreast1532-30802025-02-0179103868Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive websiteClaudia Sardu0Fabrizio Angius1Paolo Contu2Sofia Cosentino3Monica Deiana4Matteo Fraschini5Clelia Madeddu6Elena Massa7Alessandra Mereu8Luigi Minerba9Carola Politi10Silvia Puxeddu11Francesco Salis12Julia M.A. Sinclair13Roberta Agabio14Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Microbiology and Virology, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Experimental Pathology, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Microbiology and Virology, University of Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, ItalyFaculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, Italy; Corresponding author. Dept Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy.Background: Alcohol consumption is a potentially modifiable risk factor for breast cancer (BC). Reducing alcohol consumption within the daily amount at low-risk for alcohol-related consequences (daily alcohol threshold) may contribute to preventing BC new cases. However, most women are unaware of risk factors for BC, the daily alcohol threshold, and how to measure alcohol use. We aimed at investigating the efficacy of accessing an interactive website in increasing the knowledge that alcohol is a BC risk factor. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial among women waiting for mammography. Women completed a questionnaire to investigate their knowledge before and after accessing an interactive (intervention group) and non-interactive (control group) website. Results: We recruited 671 women, randomized 329 (49.0 %) and 342 (51.0 %) to the intervention and control groups, respectively. At baseline, most women were not aware of most modifiable BC risk factors. Accessing either website significantly increased the percentage of women who acquired the knowledge on BC risk factors, with the interactive website achieving better results: 82 % and 69 % of women acquired the knowledge that alcohol is a risk factor for BC in the intervention and control groups, respectively (p < 0.001). Among women with lower levels of education, the probability of acquiring this knowledge was higher in the intervention group than control group. Conclusion: Our results show that accessing an interactive website may increase the percentage of women who acquire the knowledge that alcohol is a BC risk factor especially among women of lower levels of education.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977624001991Breast cancerAlcoholModifiable risk factorAwarenessInteractive website |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Sardu Fabrizio Angius Paolo Contu Sofia Cosentino Monica Deiana Matteo Fraschini Clelia Madeddu Elena Massa Alessandra Mereu Luigi Minerba Carola Politi Silvia Puxeddu Francesco Salis Julia M.A. Sinclair Roberta Agabio Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive website Breast Breast cancer Alcohol Modifiable risk factor Awareness Interactive website |
| title | Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive website |
| title_full | Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive website |
| title_fullStr | Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive website |
| title_full_unstemmed | Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive website |
| title_short | Raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non-interactive website |
| title_sort | raising awareness of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer a randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of accessing an interactive website with a non interactive website |
| topic | Breast cancer Alcohol Modifiable risk factor Awareness Interactive website |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977624001991 |
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