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Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia

Background: Intentional outdoor tanning is the process through which people expose their skin to ultraviolet (UV) radiation to darken their skin color toward brown or bronze. UV radiation is a well-known modifiable risk factor for photoaging, photoallergic reactions, and phototoxicity. Objective: Th...

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Autores principales: Alsulami, Manal O, Albadri, Abdullah F, Helmy, Zeyad A, Alsifri, Sahar S, Bondagji, Mohammed F, Alshehri, Amjad M, Alzahrani, Esraa A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9886412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36726884
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33140
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author Alsulami, Manal O
Albadri, Abdullah F
Helmy, Zeyad A
Alsifri, Sahar S
Bondagji, Mohammed F
Alshehri, Amjad M
Alzahrani, Esraa A
author_facet Alsulami, Manal O
Albadri, Abdullah F
Helmy, Zeyad A
Alsifri, Sahar S
Bondagji, Mohammed F
Alshehri, Amjad M
Alzahrani, Esraa A
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description Background: Intentional outdoor tanning is the process through which people expose their skin to ultraviolet (UV) radiation to darken their skin color toward brown or bronze. UV radiation is a well-known modifiable risk factor for photoaging, photoallergic reactions, and phototoxicity. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the behaviors and knowledge of intentional outdoor tanning among adults in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1023 adults from the general population who met the eligibility criteria. Data were collected in October and November 2022 using an electronic questionnaire to assess the sociodemographic data, behaviors, and knowledge of the participants related to intentional outdoor tanning. Results: Overall, 24.5% of the participants intentionally tanned outdoors, the majority of which (203, 80.9%) were exposed to the sun for more than 20 minutes. The participants who intentionally tan outdoors were significantly younger than those who do not (32 ± 10.7 vs. 38.4 ± 13.9, respectively, P <0.001). Most of the participants had good knowledge of the disadvantages of sun exposure on the skin (61.3%). Additionally, good knowledge was significantly more prevalent in women (70.3%) than men (48.6%) (P <0.001). Conclusion: Individuals who intentionally tan outdoors engage in other behaviors or beliefs that increase exposure to UV rays. This points to the need for comprehensive interventions such as community-counseling campaigns to address these new trends and their relationship with photoaging and skin cancer.
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spelling pubmed-98864122023-01-31 Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia Alsulami, Manal O Albadri, Abdullah F Helmy, Zeyad A Alsifri, Sahar S Bondagji, Mohammed F Alshehri, Amjad M Alzahrani, Esraa A Cureus Dermatology Background: Intentional outdoor tanning is the process through which people expose their skin to ultraviolet (UV) radiation to darken their skin color toward brown or bronze. UV radiation is a well-known modifiable risk factor for photoaging, photoallergic reactions, and phototoxicity. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the behaviors and knowledge of intentional outdoor tanning among adults in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1023 adults from the general population who met the eligibility criteria. Data were collected in October and November 2022 using an electronic questionnaire to assess the sociodemographic data, behaviors, and knowledge of the participants related to intentional outdoor tanning. Results: Overall, 24.5% of the participants intentionally tanned outdoors, the majority of which (203, 80.9%) were exposed to the sun for more than 20 minutes. The participants who intentionally tan outdoors were significantly younger than those who do not (32 ± 10.7 vs. 38.4 ± 13.9, respectively, P <0.001). Most of the participants had good knowledge of the disadvantages of sun exposure on the skin (61.3%). Additionally, good knowledge was significantly more prevalent in women (70.3%) than men (48.6%) (P <0.001). Conclusion: Individuals who intentionally tan outdoors engage in other behaviors or beliefs that increase exposure to UV rays. This points to the need for comprehensive interventions such as community-counseling campaigns to address these new trends and their relationship with photoaging and skin cancer. Cureus 2022-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9886412/ /pubmed/36726884 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33140 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alsulami et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Alsulami, Manal O
Albadri, Abdullah F
Helmy, Zeyad A
Alsifri, Sahar S
Bondagji, Mohammed F
Alshehri, Amjad M
Alzahrani, Esraa A
Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
title Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
title_full Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
title_short Behaviors and Knowledge Related to Intentional Outdoor Tanning Among Adults in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
title_sort behaviors and knowledge related to intentional outdoor tanning among adults in the western region of saudi arabia
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9886412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36726884
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33140
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