Royse David, Dignan Mark
College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0027, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2009;24(4):315-8. doi: 10.1080/08858190902997340.
Appalachian respondents were surveyed about their knowledge of cancer and screening intentions in a pre/post research design.
At baseline, 696 telephone interviews were conducted of randomly selected respondents. Half were randomly assigned to a control group and half were provided correct information to incorrect responses. Four months later, respondents were re-interviewed.
Provision of correct information did not produce major differences in the intervention group.
Although the intervention was less effective than anticipated, the pilot test provided possible explanations/variables that educators may be able to control or incorporate as features in future studies.
在一项前后对照研究设计中,对阿巴拉契亚地区的受访者进行了关于癌症知识和筛查意愿的调查。
在基线时,对随机抽取的受访者进行了696次电话访谈。一半受访者被随机分配到对照组,另一半则针对错误回答提供正确信息。四个月后,对受访者进行再次访谈。
在干预组中,提供正确信息并未产生重大差异。
尽管干预效果不如预期,但试点测试提供了一些可能的解释/变量,教育工作者在未来研究中或许能够对其进行控制或纳入研究特征。