Creative DramaNCT07073599
Increasing Midwifery Students' Awareness of Breast and Gynecological Cancers Using Creative Drama Method
A study testing Creative Drama Education in people with Creative Drama, run by Ataturk University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
The aim of this study is to raise awareness among midwifery students, who are a part of the female population and a professional group that plays a critical role in the early diagnosis of these types of cancer, which are of critical importance for women's health, through an active education method such as drama. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 35 years, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Creative Drama
- What is being tested?
- Creative Drama Education
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 1 Aug 2025to 1 Feb 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 35 years
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Being between the ages of 18-35,
- Not having any health problems,
- Agreeing to participate in the study,
Who cannot join
- Students who are under 18 or over 35 years old.
- Students who do not voluntarily agree to participate in the study will not be included in the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
Ataturk University Faculty of Health Sciences
Erzurum, Center, 25000
Zülbiye DEMİR BARBAK, LECTURER, 05435164229, zulbiye.demir@atauni.edu.tr
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Breast and Gynecological Cancer Education Using Creative Drama Method on Midwifery Students' Awareness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The aim of this study is to raise awareness among midwifery students, who are a part of the female population and a professional group that plays a critical role in the early diagnosis of these types of cancer, which are of critical importance for women's health, through an active education method such as drama.
Read the detailed description
The study will involve 50 volunteer midwifery students between the ages of 18 and 35 studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Students will be randomized and assigned to experimental and control groups. Awareness levels of breast and gynecological cancers in both groups will be determined. Students in the intervention group will be administered a creative drama exercise. Data will be collected using a Personal Information Form, the Breast Cancer Awareness Scale, and the Gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale.
- Conditions
- Creative Drama
- Being tested
- Creative Drama Education
- Keywords
- Creative drama, Breast and gynecological cancers, Midwifery students, Awareness
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Creative Drama EducationOther
This study is a pre-test/post-test controlled experimental design aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of creative drama education on awareness of breast and gynecological cancers.
Students in the intervention group will receive creative drama-based training structured and implemented by the researcher. This training is designed to increase awareness of breast and gynecological cancers.
The effectiveness of the training will be assessed by comparing participants' awareness levels before and after the intervention. For this purpose, the following data collection tools will be used:
Personal Information Form Breast Cancer Awareness Scale Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale The impact of the creative drama education on the awareness levels of students in the intervention group regarding breast and gynecological cancers will be evaluated through statistical analysis.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | The control group will receive routine training and no action will be taken. |
| Experimental Group | Experimental | Students in the intervention group will be given a creative drama session. This will evaluate the impact of creative drama training on breast and gynecological cancer awareness. Receives: Other: Creative Drama Education |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Personel Information Form
The researcher will prepare a form based on literature information and will question the students' sociodemographic characteristics.
Measured: Baseline
Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale
To assess women's knowledge levels about gynecological cancers, Dal and Ertem developed the Gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale (GCAAS) in 2017. The scale consists of 41 questions and four subscales. 10. The scale can only be applied to women. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale is 0.944. Questions 20-41 of the scale determine "Awareness of Routine Check-up and Perception of Serious Illness in Gynecological Cancers," and the Cronbach's alpha value of this subscale is 0.979. Questions three through 11 of the scale determine "Awareness of Gynecological Cancer Risks," and the Cronbach's alpha value of this subscale is 0.843. Questions 14-19 of the scale determine "Awareness of Prevention of Gynecological Cancers," and the Cronbach's alpha value is 0.778. The first and second questions of the scale, as well as the 12th and 13th questions, determine "Early Diagnosis and Information Awareness in Gynecological Cancers," and the Cronbach's Alpha value is 0.708.
Measured: Baseline and up to 4 weeks
Breast Cancer Awareness Scale
The scale was developed by Rakkapao et al. (2016) for the early detection and prevention of breast cancer. It is easy to use and was designed as a self-report tool that allows researchers and practitioners to better understand women's breast cancer awareness levels. The original scale consists of five factors and 35 items. Adapted to our language by Altuntuğ et al. in 2021, the scale obtained a five-factor structure with 29 items. The subdimensions of the scale were found to have good internal consistency. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficients for the subdimensions of the scale were 0.87 for Knowledge of Risk Factors, 0.88 for Knowledge of Signs and Symptoms, 0.81 for Breast Cancer Prevention Attitudes, 0.78 for Barriers to Breast Screening, and 0.61 for Health Behavior Related to Breast Cancer Awareness.
Measured: Baseline and up to 4 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 Jul 2025
- Study start1 Aug 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Nov 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Feb 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Creative DramaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Ataturk UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ataturk University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Zülbiye demir barbak, Ataturk University
- Investigators
- Zülbiye DEMİR BARBAK, 1, Principal investigator, Ataturk University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07073599
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Creative drama in midwifery
- Status last verified
- Jul 2025
- First submitted
- 10 Jul 2025
- Last updated
- 18 Jul 2025
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Erci B, Karabulut N. Appraising the self-assessed support needs of Turkish women with breast cancer. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2007 Mar;16(2):137-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2006.00721.x.
PubMed 17371422Sayar SE, Barbak ZD. Effect of gynecological and breast cancer education using a creative drama method on midwifery students' awareness: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Nurs. 2026 Feb 13;25(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s12912-026-04407-3.
PubMed 41688990
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Jul 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Breast and Gynecological Cancer Education Using Creative Drama Method on Midwifery Students' Awareness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07073599
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Creative drama in midwifery
- Conditions
- Creative Drama
- Keywords
- Creative drama, Breast and gynecological cancers, Midwifery students, Awareness
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Ataturk UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Aug 2025 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Nov 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Feb 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 18 Jul 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study is to raise awareness among midwifery students, who are a part of the female population and a professional group that plays a critical role in the early diagnosis of these types of cancer, which are of critical importance for women's health, through an active education method such as drama.
Detailed description
The study will involve 50 volunteer midwifery students between the ages of 18 and 35 studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Students will be randomized and assigned to experimental and control groups. Awareness levels of breast and gynecological cancers in both groups will be determined. Students in the intervention group will be administered a creative drama exercise. Data will be collected using a Personal Information Form, the Breast Cancer Awareness Scale, and the Gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | –The control group will receive routine training and no action will be taken. |
| Experimental Group | Experimental | Other: Creative Drama EducationStudents in the intervention group will be given a creative drama session. This will evaluate the impact of creative drama training on breast and gynecological cancer awareness. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 35 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Being between the ages of 18-35,
- Not having any health problems,
- Agreeing to participate in the study,
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Students who are under 18 or over 35 years old.
- Students who do not voluntarily agree to participate in the study will not be included in the study.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Creative Drama EducationThis study is a pre-test/post-test controlled experimental design aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of creative drama education on awareness of breast and gynecological cancers. Students in the intervention group will receive creative drama-based training structured and implemented by the researcher. This training is designed to increase awareness of breast and gynecological cancers. The effectiveness of the training will be assessed by comparing participants' awareness levels before and after the intervention. For this purpose, the following data collection tools will be used: Personal Information Form Breast Cancer Awareness Scale Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale The impact of the creative drama education on the awareness levels of students in the intervention group regarding breast and gynecological cancers will be evaluated through statistical analysis. | Other | Experimental Group |
Primary outcome
Personel Information Form
Time frame: Baseline
The researcher will prepare a form based on literature information and will question the students' sociodemographic characteristics.
Gynecological Cancers Awareness Scale
Time frame: Baseline and up to 4 weeks
To assess women's knowledge levels about gynecological cancers, Dal and Ertem developed the Gynecological Cancer Awareness Scale (GCAAS) in 2017. The scale consists of 41 questions and four subscales. 10. The scale can only be applied to women. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale is 0.944. Questions 20-41 of the scale determine "Awareness of Routine Check-up and Perception of Serious Illness in Gynecological Cancers," and the Cronbach's alpha value of this subscale is 0.979. Questions three through 11 of the scale determine "Awareness of Gynecological Cancer Risks," and the Cronbach's alpha value of this subscale is 0.843. Questions 14-19 of the scale determine "Awareness of Prevention of Gynecological Cancers," and the Cronbach's alpha value is 0.778. The first and second questions of the scale, as well as the 12th and 13th questions, determine "Early Diagnosis and Information Awareness in Gynecological Cancers," and the Cronbach's Alpha value is 0.708.
Breast Cancer Awareness Scale
Time frame: Baseline and up to 4 weeks
The scale was developed by Rakkapao et al. (2016) for the early detection and prevention of breast cancer. It is easy to use and was designed as a self-report tool that allows researchers and practitioners to better understand women's breast cancer awareness levels. The original scale consists of five factors and 35 items. Adapted to our language by Altuntuğ et al. in 2021, the scale obtained a five-factor structure with 29 items. The subdimensions of the scale were found to have good internal consistency. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficients for the subdimensions of the scale were 0.87 for Knowledge of Risk Factors, 0.88 for Knowledge of Signs and Symptoms, 0.81 for Breast Cancer Prevention Attitudes, 0.78 for Barriers to Breast Screening, and 0.61 for Health Behavior Related to Breast Cancer Awareness.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Jul 2025.
- Results publication: PubMed 17371422Erci B, Karabulut N. Appraising the self-assessed support needs of Turkish women with breast cancer. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2007 Mar;16(2):137-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2006.00721.x.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 41688990Sayar SE, Barbak ZD. Effect of gynecological and breast cancer education using a creative drama method on midwifery students' awareness: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Nurs. 2026 Feb 13;25(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s12912-026-04407-3.
- Validity and ReliabilityLink provided by the sponsor.
- Related InfoLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Zülbiye DEMİR BARBAK, 1 principal investigator
Ataturk University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Creative Drama Education in people with Creative Drama, run by Ataturk University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Jul 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Zülbiye DEMİR BARBAK, 1 (+905435164229, zulbiye.demir@atauni.edu.tr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Personel Information Form (time frame: Baseline). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07073599, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Jul 2025.