Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Perceived Risk of Skin Cancer

Abstract

The psychometric properties of the scale were appropriate for measuring the perception of risk in adult patients (aged 18 years or more) who attended the dermatology clinic.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Skin Cancer: An Assessment of Patient Risk Factors, Knowledge, and Skin Practices

“…A proportion of our IBD population still does not recognize that their IBD increases their personal risk of skin cancer. Individuals adopt protective behavior (such as sun protection) if they perceive a health threat (such as skin cancer) [ 18 , 19 ]. According to the health behavior model, if IBD patients do not perceive a personal risk of skin cancer development, they may not adopt effective skin protection behaviors [ 18 ].…”

The iris signal: blue periphery, tan collaret and freckles pattern – strong indicators for epidermal skin cancer in South‐Eastern Europe

“…There has been an increasing focus on screening, primary prevention and early detection in skin cancer worldwide in the last decade, with a high number of studies on self‐assessment questionnaires, risk factor analysis, total body skin examination emphasis and even more complex computer‐aided risk assessment tools . Despite all efforts in research, although skin cancer diagnosis is usually not difficult in typical cases, early detection remains challenging to this day …”

“…There has been an increasing focus on screening, primary prevention and early detection in skin cancer worldwide in the last decade, with a high number of studies on self-assessment questionnaires, risk factor analysis, total body skin examination emphasis and even more complex computer-aided risk assessment tools. [26][27][28] Despite all efforts in research, although skin cancer diagnosis is usually not difficult in typical cases, early detection remains challenging to this day. 29,30 This study shows that phenotypic traits are the best candidates to become screening markers for skin cancer risk and that this risk could be instantly evaluated at first glance, using three parameters of the anatomy of the iris, irrespective of the reason that brings a patient to the clinician's office.…”

Construção e Validação Psicométrica do Câncer-Q: Questionário de Conhecimentos da Doença para Pacientes com Câncer

“…No que concerne à análise fatorial, Chunget al 15 desenvolveram um instrumento com 50 itens para avaliar a qualidade de vida em pacientes com câncer de próstata, e a análise fatorial confirmou quatro fatores, assim como o estudo de Bairati et al 16 no instrumento sobre o conhecimento da mamografia para a detecção precoce do câncer de mama, e Morales-Sanchez et al 20 , em questionário sobre o conhecimento dos fatores de risco para o câncer de pele. O estudo de Lee et al 12 mostrou cinco fatores no instrumento construído e validado na intenção de trabalhar com pacientes com câncer de mama.…”

“…As pesquisas na área do câncer, que utilizaram a análise fatorial para a distribuição dos itens, revelaram que a quantidade de fatores em seus instrumentos acontece em decorrência do câncer ser uma doença de etiologia multifatorial, podendo ter origem na combinação de vários fatores como genéticos, ambientais e de modos de vida 18 . Portanto, ocorreram semelhanças do presente instrumento com os demais citados na literatura decorrente especificamente das áreas do conhecimento, seja na quantidade de itens 12,20 ou na quantidade de fatores nos quais os itens estão distribuídos 12,15,16,20 .…”