Table 3.

Main effects of sun protection intervention on survivors’ psychosocial outcomes

Outcome	Scaleb	Baselinea	1 mo postintervention			4 mo postintervention
		Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)	B	P	Mean (SE)	B	P
Self-efficacy
Sunscreen	1–5
Intervention		4.04 (0.25)	3.99 (0.26)	0.01	0.89	3.97 (0.27)	0.04	0.65
Standard education		4.04 (0.25)	3.98 (0.25)			3.93 (0.26)
Hats/Clothing	1–5
Intervention		3.99 (0.26)	4.26 (0.27)	0.18	0.026	4.27 (0.27)	0.22	0.009
Standard education		3.99 (0.26)	4.08 (0.27)			4.06 (0.27)
Shade	1–5
Intervention		3.96 (0.23)	4.09 (0.24)	0.02	0.83	4.19 (0.24)	0.04	0.64
Standard education		3.96 (0.23)	4.07 (0.24)			4.15 (0.24)
Limit time outdoors	1–5
Intervention		4.65 (0.25)	4.70 (0.25)	−0.03	0.71	4.74 (0.25)	0.00	0.98
Standard education		4.65 (0.25)	4.73 (0.25)			4.74 (0.25)
Outcome expectations
Sunscreen	1–5
Intervention		1.89 (0.25)	2.00 (0.26)	0.05	0.65	1.89 (0.26)	−0.16	0.12
Standard education		1.89 (0.25)	1.95 (0.26)			2.04 (0.26)
Hats	1–5
Intervention		2.58 (0.25)	2.40 (0.26)	−0.15	0.10	2.40 (0.26)	−0.30	0.002
Standard education		2.58 (0.25)	2.56 (0.26)			2.70 (0.26)
Clothing	1–5
Intervention		2.67 (0.26)	2.51 (0.27)	−0.03	0.75	2.45 (0.27)	−0.20	0.037
Standard education		2.67 (0.26)	2.54 (0.27)			2.65 (0.27)
Shade	1–5
Intervention		2.96 (0.27)	2.81 (0.27)	−0.07	0.43	2.70 (0.27)	−0.12	0.19
Standard education		2.96 (0.27)	2.88 (0.27)			2.82 (0.27)
Limit time outdoors	1–5
Intervention		1.83 (0.26)	1.82 (0.27)	0.00	0.97	1.65 (0.27)	−0.11	0.28
Standard education		1.83 (0.26)	1.81 (0.27)			1.76 (0.27)
Tanning	1–5
Intervention		1.60 (0.23)	1.52 (0.23)	−0.02	0.80	1.54 (0.23)	−0.06	0.46
Standard education		1.60 (0.23)	1.54 (0.23)			1.59 (0.23)
Intentions
Sunscreen	1–5
Intervention		3.85 (0.26)	4.09 (0.27)	0.13	0.15	3.79 (0.27)	0.03	0.74
Standard education		3.85 (0.26)	3.96 (0.27)			3.76 (0.27)
Clothing	1–5
Intervention		3.59 (0.12)	3.79 (0.13)	0.06	0.51	3.79 (0.13)	0.20	0.029
Standard education		3.59 (0.12)	3.73 (0.13)			3.59 (0.13)
Shade	1–5
Intervention		4.58 (0.25)	4.71 (0.26)	−0.01	0.91	4.73 (0.26)	0.07	0.46
Standard education		4.58 (0.25)	4.72 (0.26)			4.65 (0.26)
Limit time outdoors	1–5
Intervention		4.46 (0.31)	4.59 (0.31)	−0.02	0.86	4.53 (0.31)	0.03	0.80
Standard education		4.46 (0.31)	4.61 (0.31)			4.50 (0.31)
Perceived risk – child
Melanoma/skin cancer	1–4
Intervention		3.53 (0.13)	3.51 (0.14)	−0.03	0.68	3.57 (0.14)	0.12	0.10
Standard education		3.53 (0.13)	3.54 (0.14)			3.44 (0.14)
Sunburn	1–4
Intervention		4.09 (0.16)	4.13 (0.17)	−0.13	0.09	4.10 (0.17)	−0.12	0.12
Standard education		4.09 (0.16)	4.26 (0.17)			4.22 (0.17)
Perceived benefits of sun protection	1–5
Intervention		4.52 (0.03)	4.52 (0.04)	−0.06	0.30	4.51 (0.04)	−0.02	0.68
Standard education		4.52 (0.03)	4.58 (0.04)			4.53 (0.04)
Knowledge	0–6
Intervention		1.93 (0.32)	2.07 (0.33)	0.10	0.39	2.07 (0.33)	0.32	0.010
Standard education		1.93 (0.32)	1.97 (0.32)			1.75 (0.32)

Abbreviations: SE, standard error. Analyses are described in footnotes (c to e) to Table 2.

^aNo significant differences at baseline.

^bHigher scores indicate more negative sun protection outcome expectations and higher levels of other variables.