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

Table 4 Associations between SSE behaviour, intention and CSM attributes at baseline

		SSE/SSE Intention/sunscreen use intention									Sig
		Yes¹			Don’t know			No			Sig
	CSM Attribute	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Skin Self Examination (SSE)	Identity: How much skin cancer would affect your life?	38	7.66	2.122	561	8.13	1.888	24	8.13	2.071	0.375
	Control: How much control you feel you have to prevent skin cancer?	38	6.39	2.047	562	5.65	2.256	24	5.13	2.659	0.128
	Timeline: Given your age, how relevant to conduct SSE?	38	6.42	2.332	557	5.13	2.241	24	4.92	2.749	0.008**
	Consequences: How painful the effects of skin cancer would be?	38	7.24	2.307	557	7.02	2.014	24	6.75	2.625	0.707
SSE Intention	Identity: How much skin cancer would affect your life?	96	8.56	1.514	261	8.12	1.759	265	7.93	2.104	0.078
	Control: How much control you feel you have to prevent skin cancer?	96	6.00	2.088	261	5.98	2.057	265	5.24	2.433	< 0.001***
	Timeline: Given your age, how relevant to conduct SSE?	96	6.10	2.174	258	5.56	2.027	263	4.53	2.373	< 0.001***
	Consequences: How painful the effects of skin cancer would be?	95	7.40	1.991	260	7.04	2.000	263	6.89	2.125	0.101
Sunscreen Intention	Identity: How much skin cancer would affect your life?	363	8.33	1.749	156	7.81	1.947	100	7.67	2.265	< 0.001***
	Control: How much control you feel you have to prevent skin cancer?	363	5.80	2.129	157	5.60	2.287	100	5.36	2.607	0.190
	Timeline: Given your age, how relevant to conduct SSE?	359	5.29	2.214	156	5.19	2.246	100	4.95	2.560	0.412
	Consequences: How painful the effects of skin cancer would be?	362	7.26	1.916	154	6.79	2.016	100	6.53	2.460	0.002**

Note: ¹ Aggregated from 5-point Likert scale where 1 = definitely will not and 5 = definitely will; 1–2 = No, 3 = Don’t know, 4,5 = Yes
**p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001