Table 3.

Relationship between age, gender, and objective melanoma risk factors, sun protective behaviour and motivational/attitudinal factors (all scales range from 0 to 4).

	Total use of recommended sun protection	Perceived vulnerability	Perceived severity	Worry about developing a melanoma	Benefits of protection behaviour	Self-efficacy to protect	Attitude towards suntans	Barriers to sun protection
Gender	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.	n.s.
Men	1.38 (0.76)	2.03 (0.85)	3.12 (0.62)	2.69 (0.77)	2.86 (0.61)	2.43 (1.10)	2.72 (0.76)	1.79 (0.54)
Women	1.51 (0.80)	2.12 (0.83)	3.25 (0.60)	2.91 (0.69)	2.99 (0.58)	2.31 (1.10)	2.78 (0.77)	1.80 (0.56)
Age	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.	p<0.001	p<0.001
<25	1.28 (0.74)	2.00 (0.81)	3.14 (0.61)	2.85 (0.74)	2.88 (0.62)	2.30 (1.13)	2.85 (0.77)	2.02 (0.53)
25–30	1.46 (0.78)	2.05 (0.79)	3.22 (0.58)	2.88 (0.68)	2.98 (0.57)	2.37 (1.06)	2.78 (0.74)	1.82 (0.55)
31–40	1.52 (0.78)	2.14 (0.83)	3.22 (0.60)	2.90 (0.70)	2.99 (0.57)	2.36 (1.09)	2.78 (0.73)	1.77 (0.55)
41–50	1.59 (0.82)	2.18 (0.88)	3.27 (0.61)	2.85 (0.75)	2.99 (0.59)	2.40 (1.12)	2.73 (0.81)	1.69 (0.53)
>50	1.57 (0.83)	2.13 (0.86)	3.24 (0.62)	2.77 (0.74)	2.93 (0.58)	2.13 (1.11)	2.63 (0.78)	1.65 (0.53)
	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	p<0.001	n.s.
Hair colour
Black/Brown	1.45 (0.79)	2.04 (0.82)	3.20 (0.61)	2.84 (0.72)	2.95 (0.59)	2.34 (1.11)	2.51 (0.66)	1.80 (0.55)
Blond/Red	1.57 (0.80)	2.27 (0.86)	3.26 (0.61)	2.89 (0.74)	2.98 (0.59)	2.35 (1.08)	2.44 (0.68)	1.79 (0.56)
Fitzpatrick skin type	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.	p<0.001	p<0.001
III/IV	1.32 (0.74)	1.95 (0.78)	3.18 (0.61)	2.79 (0.72)	2.91 (0.60)	2.34 (1.10)	2.59 (0.62)	1.85 (0.54)
I/II	1.80 (0.81)	2.39 (0.87)	3.28 (0.59)	2.98 (0.71)	3.05 (0.55)	2.35 (1.10)	2.28 (0.71)	1.70 (0.57)
Presence of freckles	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.	p<0.001	p<0.001
None	1.32 (0.76)	1.91 (0.79)	3.17 (0.61)	2.73 (0.74)	2.88 (0.61)	2.37 (1.11)	2.56 (0.64)	1.83 (0.55)
A few/Many	1.60 (0.79)	2.25 (0.84)	3.25 (0.60)	2.95 (0.69)	3.01 (0.56)	2.33 (1.09)	2.43 (0.68)	1.77 (0.55)
Sunburn before age 16	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.
Never	1.32 (0.77)	1.78 (0.79)	3.13 (0.62)	2.68 (0.74)	2.85 (0.61)	2.24 (1.14)	2.57 (0.63)	1.81 (0.55)
1–3 times	1.51 (0.78)	2.08 (0.80)	3.22 (0.60)	2.87 (0.70)	2.97 (0.57)	2.42 (1.07)	2.46 (0.65)	1.78 (0.56)
Almost every summer	1.62 (0.83)	2.49 (0.83)	3.31 (0.59)	3.01 (0.73)	3.04 (0.59)	2.31 (1.12)	2.44 (0.73)	1.80 (0.58)
Number of large mole (>6mm)	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.
None	1.32 (0.77)	1.78 (0.79)	3.13 (0.62)	2.68 (0.74)	2.85 (0.61)	2.24 (1.14)	2.57 (0.63)	1.81 (0.55)
1–2	1.44 (0.77)	1.93 (0.75)	3.17 (0.61)	2.81 (0.68)	2.90 (0.57)	2.37 (1.10)	2.48 (0.64)	1.78 (0.56)
>=3	1.57 (0.80)	2.27 (0.83)	3.27 (0.60)	2.94 (0.72)	3.20 (0.58)	2.39 (1.09)	2.45 (0.69)	1.79 (0.56)
Family history of melanoma	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.	p<0.001	p<0.001
No	1.45 (0.78)	2.04 (0.81)	3.20 (0.61)	2.82 (0.72)	2.94 (0.59)	2.35 (1.10)	2.50 (0.66)	1.81 (0.55)
Yes	1.80 (0.82)	2.82 (0.78)	3.44 (0.57)	3.21 (0.69)	3.10 (0.55)	2.25 (1.07)	2.33 (0.69)	1.68 (0.58)
Previous melanoma	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001
No	1.43 (0.77)	2.00 (0.77)	3.20 (0.61)	2.81 (0.71)	2.95 (0.59)	2.36 (1.09)	2.51 (0.65)	1.81 (0.55)
Yes	2.09 (0.84)	3.41 (0.57)	3.49 (0.56)	3.48 (0.65)	3.06 (0.57)	2.14 (1.27)	2.28 (0.78)	1.56 (0.55)
Total number of risk factors	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	n.s.	p<0.001	p<0.001
0–3	1.27 (0.74)	1.76 (0.73)	3.14 (0.62)	2.71 (0.74)	2.86 (0.62)	2.32 (1.12)	2.62 (0.62)	1.85 (0.55)
4–5	1.48 (0.77)	2.08 (0.77)	3.22 (0.60)	2.85 (0.69)	2.98 (0.57)	2.39 (1.09)	2.47 (0.66)	1.81 (0.54)
>5	1.84 (0.81)	2.64 (0.83)	3.33 (0.58)	3.09 (0.70)	3.06 (0.55)	2.33 (1.10)	2.30 (0.71)	1.70 (0.58)