2008
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23922
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A randomized controlled trial of an appearance‐focused intervention to prevent skin cancer

Abstract: BACKGROUND Skin cancer represents a significant health threat with over 1.3 million diagnoses, 8000 melanoma deaths, and more than $1 billion spent annually for skin cancer healthcare in the US. Despite findings from laboratory, case-control, and prospective studies that indicate a link between youthful indoor tanning (IT) and skin cancer, IT is increasing among US youth. Appearance-focused interventions represent a promising method to counteract these trends. METHODS A total of 430 female indoor tanners wer… Show more

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“…Data were collected in June (2014), the end of spring in the USA. Spring is generally considered the season with the most frequent IT use [28].…”
Section: Participantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Data were collected in June (2014), the end of spring in the USA. Spring is generally considered the season with the most frequent IT use [28].…”
Section: Participantsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Interventions to reduce indoor tanning exposure have emphasized prevention or reduction of usage with cessation as an implicit goal [17][18][19][20][21], but little is known about the process by which individuals work towards indoor tanning reduction or cessation, including motivations, facilitators, and barriers to achieving cessation of indoor tanning.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indoor tanning attitudes-Ten items assessed attitudes toward the positive benefits of indoor tanning by capturing participants' agreement with statements indicating that indoor tanning makes them look healthier, feel confident, look more attractive, look younger, and hides skin flaws and blemishes based and on a 5-point scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree) [20,21]. Example items included "I think I look healthier when I am tan" and "I look more attractive when I have a nice tan."…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%