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Simulation training teaches future nurses about vulvar cancer Self-Exams
NCT ID NCT07159958
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether simulation-based training helps nursing students learn about vulvar cancer and how to perform self-exams. 94 students were randomly assigned to receive the training or not. Researchers measured changes in knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward clinical practice. The goal is to improve early detection through better education.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Simulation-based training on vulvar cancer and self-examination
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this training could improve how nurses educate women about vulvar cancer and self-exams, potentially leading to earlier detection.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study in nursing students, not patients. Results may not apply to the general public or change actual cancer outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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94 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older, * Able to read and write Turkish, * Has not taken a course/seminar on vulvar cancer and self-vulvar examination, * Enrolled in the Nursing Department of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Bartın University, * Receiving education during the time period when the study is conducted, * Volunteering to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Those who withdrew or dropped out of the study early, * Those who were not willing to participate in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Eskişehir, Turkey (Türkiye)
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