提高男性对丸疾病的认识 (E-MAT) 可行性试验:混合方法过程评估协议
Josephine Hegarty1, Megan McCarthy1, Martin Davoren2
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
HRB open research
|August 28, 2023
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 可能会提高男性运动员的丸癌症意识. 这项研究评估了与电子信息 (E-MAT E) 相比,VR干预 (E-MAT VR) 的可行性,以提高丸知识和自我检查技能.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- 丸癌 (TC) 是50岁以下男性最常见的癌症.
- 运动员面临丸创伤和疾病的风险,但对于丸问题的认识和寻求帮助往往很低.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 是一种潜在的工具,可以提高男性对丸疾病的认识.
研究的目的:
- 评估提高男性对丸疾病的认识 (E-MAT) 试验的可行性,将VR干预 (E-MAT VR) 与电子信息 (E-MAT E) 进行比较.
- 评估E-MAT VR与E-MAT E对男性运动员丸知识和自我检查实践的影响.
- 为未来的最终试验进行参与者和利益相关者的经验,干预的有效性,可接受性以及障碍/促进者的混合方法过程评估.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种混合方法描述现实主义评估方法.
- 通过可用性/满意度调查和真实性检查收集的定量数据,用描述性和推断性统计数据分析.
- 来自与参与者和利益相关者的半结构化访谈和焦点小组的定性数据,使用专题分析进行分析.
主要成果:
- 这个部分不在所提供的摘要中.
结论:
- 过程评估将提供对VR和电子干预措施的有效性和实施的见解,以提高男性运动员的丸健康意识.
- 结果将为未来的最终试验的设计和执行提供信息,以优化干预策略,提高丸癌的认识和早期检测.
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