The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in Iran
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of mobile health (mHealth) intervention on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Materials and Methods: This semiexperimental study collected data from individuals aged 50–70 years who had no history of CRC screening. Participants (n = 350) were rando...
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| description | Background:
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of mobile health (mHealth) intervention on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
Materials and Methods:
This semiexperimental study collected data from individuals aged 50–70 years who had no history of CRC screening. Participants (n = 350) were randomly assigned to one control and five intervention groups. The data were collected by theory-based CRC screening questionnaire before and after the mHealth intervention.
Results:
The results indicated a significant improvement in screening rates when utilizing mHealth interventions, which included text messages, videos, and telephone calls from health workers, showing a rate of 68.6% (P < 0.001) compared to 5.7% of individuals in the routine care group. Logistic regression analysis revealed that “perceived severity” and “perceived benefits” were significantly associated with increased screening uptake, compared to the routine care group.
Conclusion:
The current study indicates that mobile phone technology significantly impacts the outreach efforts for encouraging the covered population to participate in screening. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db79af3df1f84ff89d5ee4bd2dcdd5262025-08-20T03:19:19ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Research in Medical Sciences1735-19951735-71362025-05-01301292910.4103/jrms.jrms_21_25The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in IranZivar RostamiSareh ShakerianBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of mobile health (mHealth) intervention on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Materials and Methods: This semiexperimental study collected data from individuals aged 50–70 years who had no history of CRC screening. Participants (n = 350) were randomly assigned to one control and five intervention groups. The data were collected by theory-based CRC screening questionnaire before and after the mHealth intervention. Results: The results indicated a significant improvement in screening rates when utilizing mHealth interventions, which included text messages, videos, and telephone calls from health workers, showing a rate of 68.6% (P < 0.001) compared to 5.7% of individuals in the routine care group. Logistic regression analysis revealed that “perceived severity” and “perceived benefits” were significantly associated with increased screening uptake, compared to the routine care group. Conclusion: The current study indicates that mobile phone technology significantly impacts the outreach efforts for encouraging the covered population to participate in screening.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jrms.jrms_21_25colorectal cancereffectivenessmobile phone technologyscreening |
| spellingShingle | Zivar Rostami Sareh Shakerian The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in Iran Journal of Research in Medical Sciences colorectal cancer effectiveness mobile phone technology screening |
| title | The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in Iran |
| title_full | The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in Iran |
| title_fullStr | The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in Iran |
| title_short | The effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in Iran |
| title_sort | effectiveness of mobile health intervention in colorectal cancer screening in iran |
| topic | colorectal cancer effectiveness mobile phone technology screening |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jrms.jrms_21_25 |
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