The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA ; Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ USA.
Transl Behav Med. 2013 Mar;3(1):10-6. doi: 10.1007/s13142-012-0155-2.
The use of artificial ultraviolet (UV) indoor tanning (IT) beds increases the risk of skin cancer. The IT industry claims IT devices provide users with control over the amount of UV radiation exposure and thus reduces risks of sunburn (i.e., skin erythema) when tanning. This study aims to establish the prevalence and predictors of IT-related erythema using diary data. Six bimonthly diary surveys were administered to 198 female college IT users. Diaries assessed IT use and IT-related erythema. Among participants who used IT, 66 % experienced at least one episode of erythema and nearly one in five IT sessions resulted in skin erythema. Those who reported the most frequent IT use prior to the study were less likely to experience an IT-related erythema on a given IT session compared to the least experienced IT users. Perceived susceptibility to burns from IT use was positively associated with risk of erythema. Erythema was a frequently reported experience among IT users. Implications for policy makers and behavioral medicine practitioners are discussed.
使用人工紫外线（UV）室内晒黑（IT）床会增加患皮肤癌的风险。IT 行业声称 IT 设备为用户提供了对 UV 辐射暴露量的控制，从而降低了晒黑时晒伤（即皮肤红斑）的风险。本研究旨在使用日记数据确定与 IT 相关的红斑的流行率和预测因素。对 198 名女性大学生 IT 用户进行了六次双月日记调查。日记评估了 IT 使用情况和 IT 相关的红斑。在使用 IT 的参与者中，66%的人至少经历过一次红斑，近五分之一的 IT 疗程导致皮肤红斑。与经验最少的 IT 用户相比，那些报告在研究前最频繁使用 IT 的人在给定的 IT 疗程中不太可能出现 IT 相关的红斑。对 IT 使用引起灼伤的易感性与红斑风险呈正相关。红斑是 IT 用户经常报告的一种体验。讨论了对政策制定者和行为医学从业者的影响。
