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Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2022

Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial of a Dissonance-Based Sun Safety Intervention for Young Adult Tanners.

Sherry L Pagoto, Molly E Waring, Laurie C Groshon, Aviana O Rosen, Matthew W Schroeder, Jared M Goetz

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03834974 (Using a Narrative-Based Approach to Reducing Indoor Tanning), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03834974 nacompletednot on this map

Using a Narrative-Based Approach to Reducing Indoor Tanning

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ConnecticutRan2020 to 2020Enrolled66ConditionsSkin CancerArmsSun Safety Social Media Challenge, Digital Health Social Media Challenge
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Implementation Outcomes of the National Skin Smart Campus Initiative Among Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sherry L PagotoDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Room 22, Storrs, CT 06268, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2462-8797
Molly E WaringDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Room 22, Storrs, CT 06268, USA.
Laurie C GroshonDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Room 22, Storrs, CT 06268, USA.
Aviana O RosenDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Room 22, Storrs, CT 06268, USA.
Matthew W SchroederDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Room 22, Storrs, CT 06268, USA.
Jared M Goetz
University of Connecticut · US

Funding

Mentoring in mHealth and Social Networking Interventions for CVD Risk ReductionK24HL124366 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI PAGOTO, SHERRY L. · 2015 to 2024
$1.1M
Using a Narrative-Based Approach to Reducing Indoor TanningR21CA226133 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI PAGOTO, SHERRY L. · 2018 to 2019
$377k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA226133NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL124366
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMelanoma is the second most common cancer in young adults. Social media may be a means to conduct interventions to increase sun safety in young adults. PURPOSE: We conducted a randomized proof-of-concept pilot trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a dissonance-based social media intervention designed to promote sun safety in young adult tanners.

methodsYoung adult tanners (N = 66) were randomized into two 4-week interventions in which participants were incentivized to create content for a social media campaign on healthy skin or healthy lifestyle. Feasibility outcomes included retention, participation, acceptability, and contamination. We also examined the impact of participation on motivation to engage in the target health behaviors and outdoor tanning intentions.

resultsRetention was 100%. Most Healthy Skin (88%) and Healthy Lifestyle participants (91%) created ≥1 post. Acceptability was high with 94% and 97% of participants in Healthy Skin and Healthy Lifestyle conditions, respectively, agreeing they would recommend the campaign to a friend. At 4 weeks, Healthy Skin participants reported greater declines in motivation to tan indoors (p = .0017) and outdoors (p = .0003), and greater increases in motivation to wear sunscreen (p = .0009) and protective clothing (p = .0342). Healthy Skin participants reported greater declines in intentions to tan outdoors in the next year (p = .0286).

conclusionsA dissonance-based, social media sun safety intervention was feasible and acceptable. Future research should examine the efficacy and longer-term effects of this intervention in young adults at elevated risk for skin cancer.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT03834974 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03834974.

Indexed as

Skin NeoplasmsSunbathingFeasibility StudiesHealth BehaviorHumansSunscreening AgentsYoung AdultSunscreening AgentsDissonanceSkin cancerSun protectionTanning

Identifiers

PMID35179176
PMCPMC9345184
OpenAlexW4213007174

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