KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the e-health video in enhancing motivation and uptake of CC screening among young women.
- Researchers noticed that the SeDAR® e-health video significantly improved motivation and uptake of CC screening.
The incidence of cervical cancer (CC) is rising among women under 50, even though early screening is known to be effective. Electronic health (e-health) offers significant potential for distributing health education.
Rodziah Romli and the team aimed to assess the impact of the SeDAR® e-health video on improving CC screening rates among young women.
They performed an inclusive analysis to validate the SeDAR® e-health tool and assess its usability. The development of SeDAR® was grounded in protection motivation theory (PMT) and involved health experts (HE) and media experts (ME) through the nominal group technique and in-depth interviews. Content validation was conducted with HE (n = 12) and ME (n = 5) using the content validation index (CVI) to gauge their consensus.
Subsequently, the Video Engagement Scale (VES®) was employed to evaluate SeDAR® among women of various ethnicities (n = 11), ensuring ecological validity. Feedback on the video’s presentation was also collected from both experts and patients.
Regarding the validation, the CVI demonstrated strong agreement among HE with a scale-level CVI-average [SCVI/Ave] of 0.986 and a scale-level CVI-universal agreement [SCVI/UA] of 0.900, and ME with SCVI/Ave of 0.979 and SCVI/UA of 0.897. The VES® yielded the highest score [mean (±SD) = 92.90(±3.46)], confirming the ecological validity of SeDAR®.
Feedback from experts indicated that SeDAR® effectively communicated the importance of CC screening and was appropriate for public viewing. Women found SeDAR® easy to understand and recommended it for early exposure to promote early CC screening.
The study concluded that SeDAR® was a valid and effective e-health tool that could significantly enhance motivation and increase the uptake of CC screening.
The study was funded by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Research Ethics Committee.
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39288121/
Romli R, Mohamad EMW, Abd Rahman R, et al. (2024). “Validation and usability of SeDAR e-health video for enhancing cervical cancer screening.” PLoS One. 2024;19(9):e0310555. Published 2024 Sep 17. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310555
