Benützungsverhalten von Solarienbesucherinnen und -besuchern in der Schweiz

A population-based survey on tanning bed use in Germany

“…While older studies from the late 80 s and early 90 s often report rather low rates of tanning bed use, more recent studies [ 4 , 14 , 27 ] find similar rates as in the present survey.…”

“…While young women (<18 years old) use tanning beds more frequently than men in the same age group, in later age groups up to the age of 44 the difference between women and men in frequent tanning is diminishing. Men seem to start tanning later in life, a conclusion that is also supported by data from Mathys and colleagues indicating higher percentages of the 30+ age group using tanning beds [ 4 ]. Contrary to other studies [e.g.…”

“…Although indoor tanning behaviour of adolescents and young adults are regularly investigated [ 2 , 15 - 20 ], only sparse data is available concerning adult tanning bed users' characteristics and tanning bed use frequency [ 4 , 27 , 30 ]. Our results showed an interesting age-related pattern for tanning bed use.…”

“…The prevalence of indoor tanning and the use of commercial tanning facilities has rapidly increased and gained widespread popularity over the past decade. Among most frequent reasons suggested for this development are the public's perception that artificial tanning is safe or even healthy [ 1 , 2 ], preparation of the skin before sun exposure [ 3 ] and the desire to tan for appearance reasons [ 4 , 5 ]. However, long term exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to cause skin cancer, photoaging, cataracts, and immunosuppression [ 6 ].…”

Sunbed Use in German Adults: Risk Awareness Does Not Correlate With Behaviour

“…However, it is also typical for other studies that in particular women and smokers belong to the most frequent sunbed users (3, 7, 11. 12, 18,[28][29][30].…”