Evaluation of the SnapChat mobile social networking application for breast cancer awareness among Saudi students in the Dammam Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Figures & data

Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of study groups with Fisher’s exact test

Variables	Control group (n=95)	Intervention group (n=96)	P-value
Age			0.1
≤35 years	95 (100%)	94 (98%)
≥36 years	0 (0%)	2 (2%)
Education			0.3
Primary school	5 (5.2%)	5 (5.2%)
Secondary school	57 (60%)	64 (66.6%)
University	33 (34.7%)	27 (28.12%)
History of cancer			0.1
Yes	0 (0%)	2 (2%)
No	95 (100%)	94 (98%)

Table 2 Comparing pre and post breast cancer knowledge with paired t-test

Group	Outcome measures	Mean ± SD	Mean difference ± SD	P-value	Effect size (95% CI)
Control group	Pre-study	5.1±1.6	−0.02±0.02	1.00	0 (−0.28 to −0.28)
	Post-study	5.1±1.6
Intervention group	Preintervention	8.7±2.8	−6.1±0.1	0.001	2.1 (1.7 to 2.5)
	Postintervention	14.8±3.01

Table 3 Comparing pre and post breast cancer knowledge with unpaired t-test

Group	Outcome measures	N	Mean	SD	t-value	P-value	Effect size (95% CI)
Control group	Prestudy	95	5.1	1.6	0.0000	1.0000	4.1 (3.5–4.5)
	Poststudy	95	5.1	1.6
Intervention group	Preintervention	96	8.7	2.8	14.56	0.0001
	Postintervention	93	14.8	3.0

Figure 1 The mean and mean differences between both groups.