Trial reportScandinavian journal of primary health care2011
Sun protection advice mediated by the general practitioner: an effective way to achieve long-term change of behaviour and attitudes related to sun exposure?
Trial report in Scandinavian journal of primary health care, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Transtheoretical Model Constructs' Longitudinal Prediction of Sun Protection Over 24 Months.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Trial
- Feasibility of a GP delivered skin cancer prevention intervention in Australia.BMC family practice · 2014Trial
- Targeted melanoma prevention intervention: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Annals of family medicineTrial
- Is beauty worth the risk? Self-confidence is the key motivating factor driving tanning bed use among undergraduate students at South Dakota universities.International journal of women's dermatology · 2024Article
- Changing Hearts and Minds in the Equestrian World One Behaviour at a Time.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
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- [Primary prevention in the context of skin cancer screening].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2019Article
- Sun Exposure and Protection Index (SEPI) and Self-Estimated Sun Sensitivity.The journal of primary prevention · 2018Article
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- Inclusion of populations at risk of advanced melanoma in an opportunistic targeted screening project involving general practitioners.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2016Article
- Mediation analysis of decisional balance, sun avoidance and sunscreen use in the precontemplation and preparation stages for sun protection.Psychology & health · 2015Article
- Farmers sun exposure, skin protection and public health campaigns: An Australian perspective.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Review
- Factors affecting sunscreen use and sun avoidance in a U.S. national sample of organ transplant recipients.The British journal of dermatology · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate, in primary health care, differentiated levels of prevention directed at skin cancer, and how the propensity of the patients to change sun habits/sun protection behaviour and attitudes towards sunbathing were affected, three years after intervention. Additionally, the impact of the performance of a phototest as a complementary tool for prevention was evaluated.
designRandomized controlled study. Setting and subjects. During three weeks in February, all patients ≥ 18 years of age registering at a primary health care centre in southern Sweden were asked to fill in a questionnaire mapping sun exposure habits, attitudes towards sunbathing, and readiness to increase sun protection according to the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change (TTM) (n = 316). They were randomized into three intervention groups, for which sun protection advice was given, in Group 1 by means of a letter, and in Groups 2 and 3 orally during a personal GP consultation. Group 3 also underwent a phototest to demonstrate individual skin UV sensitivity.
main outcome measuresChange of sun habits/sun protection behaviour and attitudes, measured by five-point Likert scale scores and readiness to increase sun protection according to the TTM, three years after intervention, by a repeated questionnaire.
resultsIn the letter group, almost no improvement in sun protection occurred. In the two doctor's consultation groups, significantly increased sun protection was demonstrated for several items, but the difference compared with the letter group was significant only for sunscreen use. The performance of a phototest did not appear to reinforce the impact of intervention.
conclusionSun protection advice, mediated personally by the GP during a doctor's consultation, can lead to improvement in sun protection over a prolonged time period.
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