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Table 3 Associations between sunscreen use and SSE and 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 (% Yes)

 

When

What

Where

How

Coping

Intention/behaviour

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

%

(n)

Sunscreen Use Intention

 Yes

86.2

(150)

79.8

(190)

75.4

(156)

81.1

(120)

82.7

(105)

 Don’t know

62.2

(92)

54.8

(80)

61.1

(66)

66.9

(87)

68.3

(84)

 No

40.5

(121)

39.2

(93)

46.1

(141)

45.5

(156)

46.9

(173)

 Sig.

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

0.001

 

0.001

 

SSE Intention

 Yes

9.4

(9)

–

–

11.6

(11)

11.7

(11)

9.4

(9)

 Don’t know

3.5

(9)

–

–

7.0

(18)

4.3

(11)

0.8

(2)

 No

0.4

(1)

–

–

3.4

(9)

0.4

(1)

3.5

(9)

 Sig.

< 0.001

 

–

–

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

SSE behaviour

 Yes

10.5

(4)

–

–

16.2

(6)

22.2

(8)

13.2

(5)

 Don’t know

20.8

(5)

–

–

20.8

(5)

16.7

(4)

8.3

(2)

 No

1.8

(10)

–

–

4.8

(27)

2.1

(12)

2.3

(13)

 Sig.

< 0.001

 

–

–

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

0.001

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