TABLE II.

Patterns of sun-protective behavior and preventive and composite preventive scores in cancer survivors and non-cancer patients

Behaviour	Participant group								Global p value
	Non-cancer patients		Cancer survivors
			<5 Years		5–10 Years		>10 Years
	(n)	(%)b	(n)	(%)b	(n)	(%)b	(n)	(%)b
Participants (n)	5951		179		242		412
Use sunscreen
p Value			0.09		0.92		0.44		0.32
Always	799	12	41	25	42	15	69	14
Often	1183	21	32	18	51	21	89	22
Sometimes	1581	26	35	17	55	25	96	28
Rarely	1125	20	30	18	40	18	64	14
Never	1263	21	41	22	54	21	94	22
Prevention scorec	1.84±0.02		2.05±0.17		1.92±0.13		1.91±0.10
p Value			0.24		0.56		0.46		0.26
Wear a shoulder sleeve shirt
p Value			0.93		0.13		0.29		0.40
Always	2325	40	90	43	124	54	201	46
Often	1624	28	43	24	56	20	99	27
Sometimes	1200	20	28	21	35	16	76	19
Rarely	492	7	8	6	16	6	18	4
Never	310	5	10	5	11	4	18	4
Prevention scorec	2.89±0.02		2.95±0.12		3.12±0.14		3.06±0.09
p Value			0.67		0.11		0.09		0.03
Wear a hat
p Value			0.65		0.17		0.07		0.19
Always	964	16	41	20	57	23	91	21
Often	1014	16	36	17	46	21	74	19
Sometimes	1470	26	47	26	49	20	83	17
Rarely	973	17	15	11	36	16	57	18
Never	1530	25	40	26	54	20	107	25
Prevention scorec	1.81±0.03		1.95±0.18		2.10±0.13		1.94±0.12
p Value			0.43		0.03		0.24		0.06
Stay in the shade
p Value			0.10		0.26		<0.01		0.01
Always	491	8	23	12	15	6	50	15
Often	1307	22	47	22	65	30	101	27
Sometimes	2244	39	56	28	78	36	127	26
Rarely	1170	19	36	30	57	18	75	18
Never	739	12	17	8	27	10	59	14
Prevention scorec	1.95±0.02		1.99±0.12		2.04±0.09		2.10±0.10
Used a tanning bed in the preceding 12 months
p Value			<0.01		0.02		0.06		<0.01
Yes	399	6	3 1	8 2	13 3
No	5552	94	176	99	234	98	399	97
Composite prevention scorec	8.49±0.05		8.93±0.38		9.18±0.36		9.02±0.23
p Value			0.25		0.06		0.03		<0.01

^aFrom the U.S. Health Information National Trends Survey (hints), 2009.

^bAll percentages are weighted.

^cMean ± standard error.