Test-retest of self-reported exposure to artificial tanning devices, self-tanning creams, and sun sensitivity showed consistency

L E Beane Freeman; L K Dennis; C F Lynch; John B Lowe; W R Clarke

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.09.004

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Test-retest of self-reported exposure to artificial tanning devices, self-tanning creams, and sun sensitivity showed consistency

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Test-retest of self-reported exposure to artificial tanning devices, self-tanning creams, and sun sensitivity showed consistency

L E Beane Freeman, L K Dennis, C F Lynch, John B Lowe and W R Clarke

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol.58(4), pp.430-432

2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.09.004

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Public Health and Health Services

reliability

melanoma

case-control study

sunburn

sunlamp

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation has consistently been linked to an increased risk of melanoma. Epidemiologic studies are susceptible to measurement error, which can distort the magnitude of observed effects. Although the reliability of self-report of many sun exposure factors has been previously described in several studies, self-report of use of artificial tanning devices and self-tanning creams has been less well characterized. A mailed survey was re-administered 2-4 weeks after completion of the initial survey to 76 randomly selected participants in a case-control study of melanoma. Cases and controls were individuals diagnosed in 1999 and 2000 who were ascertained from the Iowa Cancer Registry in 2002. We assessed the consistency of self-reported use of sunlamps and self-tanning creams, sun sensitivity, andhistory of sunburns. There was substantial reliability in reporting the use of sunlamps or self-tanning creams (cases: Kappa (κ) = 1.0 for both exposures; controls: κ = 0.71 and 0.87, respectively). κ estimates of 0.62-0.78 were found for overall reliability of several sun sensitivity factors. Overall, the survey instrument demonstrated substantial reproducibility for factors related to the use of sunlamps or tanning beds, self-tanning creams, and sun sensitivity factors.

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Title: Test-retest of self-reported exposure to artificial tanning devices, self-tanning creams, and sun sensitivity showed consistency
Authors: L E Beane Freeman (Author) - University of Iowa, United States
L K Dennis (Author) - University of Iowa, United States
C F Lynch (Author) - University of Iowa, United States
John B Lowe (Author) - University of Iowa, United States
W R Clarke (Author) - University of Iowa, United States
Publication details: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol.58(4), pp.430-432
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Date published: 2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.09.004
ISSN: 0895-4356
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449540502621
Output Type: Journal article

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