Serial Cross-Sectional Observations of Sun-Protective Behaviors at an Annual Outdoor Motorsport Event in Tropical Queensland, Australia.

Autor: Dexter B; Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia., Smith A; Skin Cancer Research Unit, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.; Melanoma Institute of Australia, Wollstonecraft, NSW, Australia., King R; Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia., Downs NJ; Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.; Skin Cancer Research Unit, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia., Nikles CJ; Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia., Parisi AV; Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.; Skin Cancer Research Unit, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia., Ho YH; College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia., Harrison SL; Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.; Skin Cancer Research Unit, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.; College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Photochemistry and photobiology [Photochem Photobiol] 2023 Sep-Oct; Vol. 99 (5), pp. 1352-1356. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 23.
DOI: 10.1111/php.13773
Abstrakt: Skin cancer, the most prevalent cancer in Caucasians residing at low latitudes, can primarily be prevented by avoiding overexposure to sunlight. Serial cross-sectional observations were conducted at an outdoor motorsport event held in Townsville, Queensland each July (Southern winter) to determine whether sun-protection habits changed over time. Most (71.1%) of the 1337 attendees observed (97.6% lightly pigmented skin, 64.0% male) wore a hat (any style shading the face), while few (18.5%) wore three-quarter or full-length sleeves. While hat-wearing rates (any style) were similar in 2009 (326, 72.6%) and 2013 (625, 70.4%), the use of sun-protective styles (wide-brimmed/bucket/legionnaires) decreased from 29.2% to 18.6% over the same period, primarily because the use of sun-protective hats halved (from 28.7% to 14.0%) among females, while decreasing from 29.4% to 21.1% in males. Although relatively few individuals wore sun-protective (three-quarter-length or full-length) sleeves regardless of year (OR = 0.117, P < 0.0001), encouragingly, the use of sun-protective sleeves more than doubled between 2009 (10.5%) and 2013 (22.5%). Interestingly females, albeit the minority, at this sporting event were less likely to wear a hat (OR = 0.473, P < 0.0001) than males. These findings highlight the need for continued momentum toward skin cancer primary prevention through sun protection with a dedicated focus on outdoor sporting settings.
(© 2023 The Authors. Photochemistry and Photobiology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Photobiology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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