Ezzedine Khaled, Guinot Christiane, Mauger Emmanuelle, Pistone Thierry, Receveur Marie-Catherine, Galan Pilar, Hercberg Serge, Malvy Denis
Department of Dermatology, ULB - Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2007 May;5(3):176-82. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.08.001. Epub 2006 Sep 20.
Travel health information includes warning on sun exposure, particularly for fair-skinned individuals travelling to tropical countries.
A self-completed questionnaire on sun exposure behaviour was sent to the 12,741 French adults enrolled in the SU.VI.MAX cohort. Among the 7822 participants, 196 (110 women and 86 men) declared at least one visit to a high UV-index country over the past year for more than 1 month, subsequently referred to as long-term travellers. The remaining 7626 participants (non-travellers) accounted for 4862 women and 2764 men.
Women travellers declared more frequently skin exposure to the sun over the past year, practised tanning in high UV-index areas more than 2h daily, experienced intensive sun exposure than non-travellers. Moreover, they asserted that basking in the sun is very important. Comparable results were found in men. The use of sun protection products was similar in travellers and non-travellers, but women tended to use sunscreen products more often, more regularly and with a higher sun protection factor (SPF) than men.
Specific health education campaigns and pre-travel advice aiming to reduce sun exposure and to improve protective measures against ultraviolet (UV) radiation should be addressed to travellers to countries with high UV-index.
旅行健康信息包括关于日晒的警告，特别是对于前往热带国家的肤色浅的人。
一份关于日晒行为的自填式问卷被发送给参与SU.VI.MAX队列研究的12741名法国成年人。在7822名参与者中，196人（110名女性和86名男性）宣称在过去一年中至少有一次前往紫外线指数高的国家超过1个月，随后被称为长期旅行者。其余7626名参与者（非旅行者）包括4862名女性和2764名男性。
女性旅行者宣称在过去一年中更频繁地将皮肤暴露于阳光下，在紫外线指数高的地区每天进行超过2小时的晒黑，比非旅行者经历更多的强烈日晒。此外，她们声称晒太阳非常重要。男性也有类似的结果。旅行者和非旅行者使用防晒产品的情况相似，但女性比男性更倾向于更频繁、更规律地使用防晒产品，且防晒系数（SPF）更高。
对于前往紫外线指数高的国家的旅行者，应开展特定的健康教育活动和旅行前建议，旨在减少日晒并改善针对紫外线（UV）辐射的防护措施。
