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The 'Breast-4Y' web app for breast cancer prevention at young age: Development, evaluation, and validation
| Title: | The 'Breast-4Y' web app for breast cancer prevention at young age: Development, evaluation, and validation |
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| Authors: | Ruben Martin-Payo, Claudia Leirós-Díaz, Jo Armes, Mei Rosemary Fu, Judit Cachero-Rodríguez, María del Mar Fernandez-Alvarez |
| Source: | Internet Interventions, Vol 33, Iss , Pp 100651- (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Information technology LCC:Psychology |
| Subject Terms: | Breast cancer, Web-based interventions, Behavior, Prevention, Information technology, T58.5-58.64, Psychology, BF1-990 |
| More Details: | Background: Improving knowledge of risk factors, signs and symptoms positively influence an individual's intention to acquire healthy lifestyle behaviors to prevent breast cancer, to identify breast cancer risk early and seek health advice early. The aim of the present study was to develop and to assess the usability and quality of a web-app (Breast-4Y) designed specifically for younger women to improve their knowledge about breast cancer risk factors and symptoms as well as protective behaviors to reduce their risk. Methods: The development of the Breast-4Y web-app, based on Health Belief Model and the Behaviour Change Wheel, comprised four steps: i) analysis of scientific literature regarding breast cancer risk factors, symptoms and preventive lifestyle behaviors; ii) design of web-app; iii) content review by experts; iv) quality and usability assessment by the end-users (n = 20). Web-app usability was evaluated using the Spanish version of the System Usability Scale for the Assessment of Electronic Tools and the quality using the Spanish version of uMARS. Results: The contents were rated 4.25 or above, indicating high content quality. The mean usability score was 84.9 (SD 12.4), the mean rating for objective quality and subjective quality dimensions mean were 4.2 (SD 0.4) and 3.4 (0.777) respectively, indicating excellent usability and quality. Positive associations (p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2214-7829 70723621 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782923000519; https://doaj.org/toc/2214-7829 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.invent.2023.100651 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/de1b1d7f9b5847ec9c1e70723621b400 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.1b1d7f9b5847ec9c1e70723621b400 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 22147829 70723621 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.invent.2023.100651 |
| Published in: | Internet Interventions |
| Language: | English |