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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Photochem Photobiol. 2008 Jan 7;84(3):774–778. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00262.x

Table 1.

Agreement between observed and reported sun safety practices from diaries.

Reported sun protection practices* (diary) Observed sun protection
k (95% CI)
No, n (%) Yes, n (%)
Weekday (n = 25)
 Hat wearing
  No 14 (93.3) 1 (6.7) 0.56 (0.21–0.90)
  Yes 4 (40.0) 6 (60.0)
 Shirt with sleeves
  No 6 (60.0) 4 (40.0) 0.48 (0.12–0.84)
  Yes 2 (13.3) 13 (86.7)
 Sunglasses
  No 12 (100) 0 (0) 0.84 (0.63–1.0)
  Yes 2 (15.4) 11 (84.6)
Weekend (n = 21)
 Hat wearing
  No 16 (100) 0 (0) 0.70 (0.30–1.0)
  Yes 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0)
 Shirt with sleeves
  No 5 (50.0) 5 (50.0) 0.51 (0.13–0.89)
  Yes 0 (0) 11 (100)
 Sunglasses
  No 9 (75.0) 3 (25.0) 0.31 (0.0–0.72)
  Yes 4 (44.4) 5 (55.6)
*

Reported sun protection practices were assessed at the time direct observations were undertaken rather than reported practices for the day.