Implementation of an Educational Intervention for Gastric Cancer Awareness in the General Population in CELAC and Europe: A Strategy Proposed by the LEGACy Consortium

Gastric cancer (GC) has a poor prognosis. The LEGACy consortium has been established to enhance GC outcomes though improved primary and secondary prevention strategies. We performed an educational intervention study using an online module to disseminate knowledge about GC risk factors and symptoms to the general population. Participants were recruited through various media channels and were exposed to an online questionnaire to assess their knowledge, before and after the educational intervention. The educational intervention included an informative brochure and a short video providing essential information about GC. Primary outcome was to evaluate the overall knowledge (global score) before and after the intervention. A total of 1034 participants were evaluated before the intervention. Of those, 866 also completed the short-term and 362 the long-term questionnaire after the intervention, respectively. On a scale of 0 to 17, the baseline global score mean was 9.4 (3.2). Results showed an increase in the average global knowledge score by 1.80 (95% CI: 1.63-1.96, p < 0.001) and 1.81 (95% CI: 1.65-1.96, p < 0.001) points after completing the short and long-term questionnaires compared to the baseline respectively for all individual questions (p < 0.05). This interventional study showed significantly improved knowledge in most domains on GC risk factors, signs, and symptoms which could be a useful strategy for promoting cancer prevention. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04019808.

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Journal of Cancer Education
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2025-02-12
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-025-02578-2
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Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
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Implementation of an Educational Intervention for Gastric Cancer Awareness in the General Population in CELAC and Europe: A Strategy Proposed by the LEGACy Consortium

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Implementation of an Educational Intervention for Gastric Cancer Awareness in the General Population in CELAC and Europe: A Strategy Proposed by the LEGACy Consortium

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Gastric cancer (GC) has a poor prognosis. The LEGACy consortium has been established to enhance GC outcomes though improved primary and secondary prevention strategies. We performed an educational intervention study using an online module to disseminate knowledge about GC risk factors and symptoms to the general population. Participants were recruited through various media channels and were exposed to an online questionnaire to assess their knowledge, before and after the educational intervention. The educational intervention included an informative brochure and a short video providing essential information about GC. Primary outcome was to evaluate the overall knowledge (global score) before and after the intervention. A total of 1034 participants were evaluated before the intervention. Of those, 866 also completed the short-term and 362 the long-term questionnaire after the intervention, respectively. On a scale of 0 to 17, the baseline global score mean was 9.4 (3.2). Results showed an increase in the average global knowledge score by 1.80 (95% CI: 1.63-1.96, p < 0.001) and 1.81 (95% CI: 1.65-1.96, p < 0.001) points after completing the short and long-term questionnaires compared to the baseline respectively for all individual questions (p < 0.05). This interventional study showed significantly improved knowledge in most domains on GC risk factors, signs, and symptoms which could be a useful strategy for promoting cancer prevention. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04019808.

Journal of Cancer EducationVol. 40(5)
Universitat de València (ES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL), Universidade do Porto (PT), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES), National Institute of Genomic Medicine (MX), Oncode Institute (NL), Guyra Paraguay (PY), Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI (MX), Instituto Alexander Fleming (AR), Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES), Hospital de Especialidades (MX), Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL), Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (MX), INCLIVA Health Research Institute (ES), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (ES), i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (PT), IPS Central (PY), Universidad Nacional de Asunción (PY), University of Amsterdam (NL)
European Commission, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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