Groshon Laurie, Waring Molly E, Blashill Aaron J, Dean Kristen, Bankwalla Sanaya, Palmer Lindsay, Pagoto Sherry
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
JMIR Dermatol. 2024 Mar 4;7:e54052. doi: 10.2196/54052.
Indoor tanning is a preventable risk factor for skin cancer. Statewide shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in temporary closures of tanning businesses. Little is known about how tanners reacted to losing access to tanning businesses.
This study aimed to analyze Twitter (subsequently rebranded as X) chatter about indoor tanning during the statewide pandemic shutdowns.
We collected tweets from March 15 to April 30, 2020, and performed a directed content analysis of a random sample of 20% (1165/5811) of tweets from each week. The 2 coders independently rated themes (κ=0.67-1.0; 94%-100% agreement).
About half (589/1165, 50.6%) of tweets were by people unlikely to indoor tan, and most of these mocked tanners or the act of tanning (562/589, 94.9%). A total of 34% (402/1165) of tweets were posted by users likely to indoor tan, and most of these (260/402, 64.7%) mentioned missing tanning beds, often citing appearance- or mood-related reasons or withdrawal. Some tweets by tanners expressed a desire to purchase or use home tanning beds (90/402, 22%), while only 3.9% (16/402) mentioned tanning alternatives (eg, self-tanner). Very few tweets (29/1165, 2.5%) were public health messages about the dangers of indoor tanning.
Findings revealed that during statewide shutdowns, half of the tweets about indoor tanning were mocking tanning bed users and the tanned look, while about one-third were indoor tanners reacting to their inability to access tanning beds. Future work is needed to understand emerging trends in tanning post pandemic.
室内晒黑是皮肤癌的一个可预防风险因素。新冠疫情期间全州范围的停业导致晒黑业务暂时关闭。对于晒黑者如何应对失去晒黑业务的机会知之甚少。
本研究旨在分析在全州疫情停业期间推特（后更名为X）上关于室内晒黑的讨论。
我们收集了2020年3月15日至4月30日的推文，并对每周20%（1165/5811）的推文随机样本进行定向内容分析。两名编码员独立对主题进行评分（κ=0.67 - 1.0；一致性为94% - 100%）。
约一半（589/1165，50.6%）的推文来自不太可能进行室内晒黑的人，其中大多数嘲笑晒黑者或晒黑行为（562/589，94.9%）。共有34%（402/1165）的推文由可能进行室内晒黑的用户发布，其中大多数（260/402，64.7%）提到想念晒黑床，常提及与外表或情绪相关的原因或戒断反应。一些晒黑者发布的推文表达了购买或使用家用晒黑床的愿望（90/402，22%），而只有3.9%（16/402）提到了晒黑替代品（如自晒黑产品）。极少推文（29/1165，2.5%）是关于室内晒黑危害的公共卫生信息。
研究结果显示，在全州停业期间，关于室内晒黑的推文中，一半是嘲笑晒黑床使用者和晒黑外观的，而约三分之一是室内晒黑者对无法使用晒黑床的反应。未来需要开展工作以了解疫情后晒黑的新趋势。
