ArticleBMC public health2012
Lifetime history of indoor tanning in young people: a retrospective assessment of initiation, persistence, and correlates.
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- Skin cancer and skin cancer risk behaviors among sexual and gender minority populations: A systematic review.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2020Pooled it
- All-cause mortality in patients with basal and squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2018Pooled it
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- Significant Engagement in Tanning Behaviors by Men at a U.S. University.Journal of community health · 2018Article
- Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention.BMC public health · 2018Article
- The urgent need to ban youth indoor tanning: evidence from college undergraduates.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Article
- Indoor Tanning Initiation Among Tanners in the United States.JAMA dermatology · 2017Article
- Body mass index, height and early-onset basal cell carcinoma in a case-control study.Cancer epidemiology · 2017Article
- Mood Changes After Indoor Tanning Among College Women: Associations with Psychiatric/Addictive Symptoms.Health psychology research · 2016Article
- "Oh yeah, they're looking": A thematic analysis of indoor UV tanning industry advertising and articles.Journal of public health policy · 2016Article
- The association of tanning behavior with psycho-tropic medication use among young adult women.Psychology, health & medicine · 2016Article
- Associations between seasonal sleep change and indoor tanning.Psychological reports · 2015Article
- Measurement of tanning dependence.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2014Article
- State indoor tanning laws and adolescent indoor tanning.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- Spatial distribution of cosmetic-procedure businesses in two U.S. cities: a pilot mapping and validation study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2013Article
- Indoor tanning use among adolescent males: the role of perceived weight and bullying.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2013Article
- A pilot study of genetic variants in dopamine regulators with indoor tanning and melanoma.Experimental dermatology · 2013Article
- An intervention to decrease adolescent indoor tanning: a multi-method pilot study.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite educational and public health campaigns to convey the risks of indoor tanning, many individuals around the world continue to engage in this behavior. Few descriptive studies of indoor tanning have collected information pertaining to the lifetime history of indoor tanning, thereby limiting our ability to understand indoor tanning patterns and potentially target interventions for individuals who not only initiate, but continue to persistently engage in indoor tanning.
methodsIn-person interviews elicited detailed retrospective information on lifetime history of indoor tanning among white individuals (n = 401) under age 40 seen by a dermatologist for a minor benign skin condition. These individuals were controls in a case-control study of early-onset basal cell carcinoma. Outcomes of interest included ever indoor tanning in both males and females, as well as persistent indoor tanning in females - defined as females over age 31 who tanned indoors at least once in the last three or all four of four specified age periods (ages 11-15, 16-20, 21-30 and 31 or older). Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify sociodemographic and lifestyle correlates of ever and persistent indoor tanning in females.
resultsApproximately three-quarters (73.3%) of females and 38.3% of males ever tanned indoors, with a median age of initiation of 17.0 and 21.5, respectively. Among indoor tanners, 39.3% of females and 21.7% of males reported being burned while indoor tanning. Female ever indoor tanners were younger, had darker color eyes, and sunbathed more frequently than females who never tanned indoors. Using unique lifetime exposure data, 24.7% of female indoor tanners 31 and older persistently tanned indoors starting as teenagers. Female persistent indoor tanners drank significantly more alcohol, were less educated, had skin that tanned with prolonged sun exposure, and sunbathed outdoors more frequently than non-persistent tanners.
conclusionsIndoor tanning was strikingly common in this population, especially among females. Persistent indoor tanners had other high-risk behaviors (alcohol, sunbathing), suggesting that multi-faceted behavioral interventions aimed at health promotion/disease prevention may be needed in this population.
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