IRCT2015090123852N1 IRCT 2015-10-30 Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences A Comparison of SMS and face to face training impacts on performance health screening tests in middle-aged women in Ahvaz A Comparative study of SMS and face to face training impacts on performance health screening tests in middle-aged women in Ahvaz, Iran 2015-11-01 anticipated 90 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/20280 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Screening. N/A Condition 1: doing gynecologic examinations in middle-aged women. Condition 2: doing Pap smear in middle-aged women. Condition 3: doing blood glucose testing in middle-aged women. Condition 4: doing hematocrit testing in middle-aged women. Condition 5: doing tests of hemoglobin in middle-aged women. Condition 6: doing testing, lipid profiles in middle-aged women. Intervention 1: control group: The control group will receive a face to face training for 4 sessions held fortnight in two months in a healthcare centers. The content of the meetings and is based on the educational needs of individuals and a lecture is presented by the investigator. Each session lasts 45 minutes. The questions will be finally answered and a pamphlet of the contents discussed in the educational sessions will be available to people. Intervention 2: The intervention group: A Same educational content in a form of short messages (or SMS) is provided for the experimental group. The researcher will send SMS every other day for two months from 8 am to 8 pm. The sentences are sent regularly. In the first day a message is sent in a form of question or news for the sake of their mental preparation and then its answer is sent in the next SMS, so people will be prepared for the next SMS. The participants are allowed to provide their feedback regarding the screening tests within a month as soon as the study completes. During this period the researcher calls the experimental group every fortnight and answers their questions. Both groups are then asked about the screening tests. Time and visit confirmation of people are checked using the documents at healthcare centers.