Effects of Web-Based Decision Aid to Support Cervical Cancer Screening Decision Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young working women who devote most of their time to jobs and household chores may experience conflicts when faced with a cervical cancer screening decision. This study aimed to assess the acceptability and feasibility of a Web-based decision aid on cervical cancer screening by young working women, and to preliminarily examine the effects of the decision aid on the knowledge level, risk perception, decisional conflicts, screening decision and screening uptake.

Method

This was a pilot randomised controlled trial. A total of 158 working women aged 25-44 years who had not undergone cervical cancer screening in the past 3 years were recruited. The recruited women allocated to the intervention group received a Web-based decision aid with information about the Papanicol

SUBMITTER: Chan DNS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12935772 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature