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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Jul;149(7):825–830. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.515

Table 2.

Three most Common Reasons for Failing to Receive Clinical and Self Skin Exams

Neither
Endorsed		 One
Endorsed		 Both
Endorsed
Failing to have a Healthcare Provider Screening (N = 1117) N (%) N (%) N (%) Kappa
  My healthcare provider hasn’t recommended a skin exam. 233 (20.9) 203 (18.2) 681 (61.0) .57**
  I don’t think I’m at risk for skin cancer. 773 (69.2) 214 (19.2) 130 (11.6) .43**
  I don’t have any symptoms of skin cancer. 559 (50.0) 273 (24.4) 285 (25.5) .48**
Failing to Conduct a Skin Self-Exam (N = 923)
  My healthcare provider hasn’t recommended a skin exam. 361 (39.1) 208 (22.5) 354 (38.4) .55**
  I don’t think I’m at risk for skin cancer. 601 (65.1) 203 (22.0) 119 (12.9) .40**
  I don’t have any symptoms of skin cancer. 461 (49.9) 235 (25.5) 227 (24.6) .46**
**

p < .001