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Table 2 Sunscreen Use and Skin Self Examination (SSE) planning behaviour at baseline

From: Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention

  

Planning behaviour

When

What

Where

 

How

 

Coping

 

Health Behaviour

 

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

Sunscreen Use

1 – Completely disagree

23.3

(145)

28.5

(177)

30.5

(190)

34.6

(215)

39.8

(247)

2

15

(93)

19.8

(123)

18.8

(117)

20.7

(129)

19.8

(123)

3

23.5

(146)

23.8

(148)

17.4

(108)

20.9

(130)

19.8

(123)

4

24.3

(151)

17.2

(107)

16.6

(103)

15.0

(93)

11.8

(73)

5 – Completely agree

14.0

(87)

10.8

(67)

16.7

(104)

8.8

(55)

8.7

(54)

Skin Self Examination

1 – Completely disagree

68.8

(431)

–

–

64.8

(403)

65.1

(404)

63.3

(395)

2

19.5

(122)

–

–

19.1

(119)

20.8

(129)

20.4

(127)

3

8.6

(54)

–

–

10

(62)

10.3

(64)

13.1

(82)

4

1.9

(12)

–

–

4.8

(30)

2.6

(16)

2.4

(15)

5 – Completely agree

1.1

(7)

–

–

1.3

(8)

1.3

(8)

0.8

(5)

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