Can technology help us improve sun protection and skin health? The SUNsitive project
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Sun protection, melanoma prevention, skin health promotion, including awareness of tobacco effects on skin healthCancerSun protection, melanoma prevention, skin health promotion, tobacco effects on skin health
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10581468
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Zurich
- Brief Summary
2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000032 (added 23/08/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 244
Inclusion Criteria
Current exclusion criteria as of 30/09/2020:
1. Aged =18 years
2. Good understanding of German
3. Able to independently provide informed consent
4. No previous skin cancer diagnosis
5. Resident in Switzerland
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Previous inclusion criteria:
1. Aged =18 years
2. Good understanding of German
3. Able to independently provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous or current skin cancer diagnosis
2. Prescription of doxycycline during travel medicine consultation (assessed post-consultation)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sun protection intentions measured by a 16-item questionnaire (adapted from Mahler, H.I.M., Kulik, J.A., Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (2010). Effects of upward and downward social comparison information on the efficacy of an appearance-based sun protection intervention: A randomized, controlled experiment. Journal of Behavioral Medicine), at baseline and 2 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method