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Table 1 Study measures

From: UVR-sensor wearable device intervention to improve sun behaviors and reduce sunburns in melanoma survivors: study protocol of a parallel-group randomized controlled trial

Measure

Purpose

Description

Weeks

0

4

8

12

64

Health behaviors [30]

Distraction

Measures of health behaviors, including alcohol, smoking, fruits, vegetables, vitamin D, height, weight

X

X

X

X

X

Physical activity [26]

Secondary outcome (unintended consequence)

Strenuous, moderate and mild activity times per week, and amount of time per session

X

X

X

X

X

Sun protection habits [20]

Primary outcome

Wearing a shirt with sleeves, wearing sunglasses, staying in the shade, using sunscreen, limiting time in the sun, and wearing a hat; Likert scale

Xa

Xa

Xa

Xa

Xa

Sunburns [20]

Secondary outcome (efficacy)

Number of times had a red OR painful sunburn that lasted a day or more

Xb

Xa

Xa

Xa,b

Xb

Sun exposure and other Protection measures [20]

Validation/comparison with device data

Exposure during weekday and weekend days, sunscreen details, indoor tanning

Xb

Xa

Xa

Xa

Xb

Beliefs, intentions, self-efficacy regarding sun protection behaviors [31, 32]

Substudy (if intervention fails)

Reasoned action battery: intention, attitude, behavioral beliefs, perceived norms, normative beliefs, self-efficacy, efficacy beliefs

X

  

X

X

Sun protection knowledge

Secondary outcome (efficacy)

Knowledge of sun protection (items covered in brochure)

X

  

X

X

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [27]

Secondary outcome (unintended consequence)

Screener for depression and anxiety used frequently in cancer survivors; Likert scale

X

  

X

X

Comorbidities [33]

Background

Presence of heart problems, hypertension, chronic back pain, arthritis, stroke, severe memory or concentration problems, lung diseases, stomach and/or intestinal problems, diabetes, depression, anxiety, neuropathy, and other cancer diagnoses

X

  

X

X

Diagnosis and treatment [33]

Background/potential moderators

Year diagnosis, location, stage, treatments received, recurrence, metastasis

X

    

Fear of recurrence [34]

Background/potential moderator

Cancer and health worry

X

  

X

X

Demographics

Background/potential moderators

Sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, income, marital status, parent status, family history of cancer, skin phenotype

X

    

Device use

Potential moderator

Self-reported and device-provided

 

X

X

X

 

Device usability/satisfaction [28]

Secondary outcome

System Usability Scale

   

X

 
  1. aTime frame: past 4 weeks
  2. bTime frame: past summer