Table 1.

Measures Used to Evaluate Interventions

Category	Baseline Responses	1- and 4-Month Responses
SSE behavior	0 (Never)	0 (Never)
How often does the participant perform SSE with a partner?	1 (Once or twice in the past year)	1 (Once in the last month)
How often do they review skin examination guidelines?	2 (Monthly)	2 (Two or three times in the last month)
	3 (Weekly)	3 (Weekly)
	4 (Daily)	4 (Daily)
Self-efficacy	0 (Not at all confident)	0 (Not at all confident)
How confident are you that you can carefully examine your face, body, top of ears, back, and back of legs every month? (5 separate items)	1 (Slightly confident)	1 (Slightly confident)
	2 (Somewhat confident)	2 (Somewhat confident)
	3 (Very confident)	3 (Very confident)
	4 (Extremely confident)	4 (Extremely confident)
SSE attitudes	0 (Not at all important)	0 (Not at all important)
How important is it to you that you...	1 (Slightly important)	1 (Slightly important)
Know how to examine your skin for signs of sun damage?	2 (Somewhat important)	2 (Somewhat important)
Know the difference between a melanoma and a mole?	3 (Very important)	3 (Very important)
Carefully examine the skin of your face and body?	4 (Extremely important)	4 (Extremely important)
Have a partner help examine places (such as the back) that you cannot see yourself?
Knowledge of SSE	0 (Not at all confident)	0 (Not at all confident)
How confident are you that you know...	1 (Slightly confident)	1 (Slightly confident)
How to examine your skin for signs of a melanoma?	2 (Somewhat confident)	2 (Somewhat confident)
The difference between a melanoma and a mole?	3 (Very confident)	3 (Very confident)
How to examine your moles for an asymmetrical border or color?	4 (Extremely confident)	4 (Extremely confident)
How to examine your moles for an irregular border?
How to examine your moles for consistent (even) color?
How to use a ruler to measure the diameter of your mole?

Abbreviation: SSE, skin self-examination.