Table 2.
Compliance with intervention and outcome of monthly skin checks
| Patient | Month 1 (May) |
Month 2 (June) |
Month 3 (July) |
Month 4 (August) |
Month 5 (September) |
Month 6 (October) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of body areas checked | Changes reported | Number of body areas checked | Changes reported | Number of body areas checked | Changes reported | Number of body areas checked | Changes reported | Number of body areas checked | Changes reported | Number of body areas checked | Changes reported | |
| N=8: complied well, reported no symptoms | ||||||||||||
| P02 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P04 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P05 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P06 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| N=7: Complied well, reported symptoms | ||||||||||||
| P01 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| P07 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| P08* | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| P13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| P15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| P18† | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N=3: Complied less well, reported symptoms | ||||||||||||
| P11‡ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| P12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N=1: Complied poorly, reported no issues (P20) | ||||||||||||
| P20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P09 patient withdrew citing personal circumstances making skin checks difficult—not clear what these were | ||||||||||||
*P8 diagnosed with recurrent melanoma after excision of lesion noticed during personal skin check.
†P18 diagnosed with benign lesions on both legs after excision of lesions noticed during personal skin check.
‡P11 checked head and neck only.