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. 2015 Aug 18;1(2):e8. doi: 10.2196/cancer.4787

Table 3.

Change in knowledge, intentions to use sun protection, and sun-protection use by kidney transplant recipients.

Participant self-reported variable^a			Non-Hispanic white N=62			Hispanic/Latino N=48			Non-Hispanic black N=60		Wilcoxon rank sum P values
Participant self-reported variable^a			Intervention N=32		Control N=30	Intervention N=23	Control N=25	Intervention N=29		Control N=31
Knowledge (1-10 scale)
		Pretest	3 (2.5)		3 (2.1)	2 (0.2)	2 (0.7)	2 (1.8)		2 (1.1)	.04^b
		Post-test	5 (3.4)		3 (2.5)	8 (1.1)	4 (1.3)	4 (2.6)		5 (2.3)	.04^b
Attitudes
	Recognize personal skin cancer risk (1-5 scale)
		Pretest	2 (1.3)		2 (0.7)	1 (0.5)	1 (0.7)	1 (0.6)		1 (0.8)	.02^b
		Post-test	3 (1.6)		2 (1.1)	4 (0.7)	2 (1.1)	2 (1.7)		1 (0.4)	.02^b
	Willingness to change sun protection (20-100 scale)
		Pretest	22 (0.7)		20 (1.0)	22 (1.0)	21 (1.3)	21 (1.0)		22 (1.5)	.01^b
		Post-test(immediate)	66 (24.3)		21 (0.6)	85 (10.2)	22 (09)	43 (20.2)		23 (2.4)	.01^b
Sun protection used at 2 weeks
	Sun protection (20-100 scale)
		Pretest	47 (10.1)		48 (9.7)	28 (4.7)	29 (5.4)	31 (6.9)		30 (4.7)	.01^b
		Post-test (2 weeks)	60 (11.6)		50 (10.1)	55 (3.9)	30 (1.4)	46 (10.3)		31 (6.3)	.01^b
	Daily hours outdoors (0.5-6 hours)
		Pretest	2.4 (0.7)		2.1 (1.4)	3.7 (1.2)	4.0 (2.1)	1.1 (0.5)		1.0 (0.9)	.01^b
		Post-test (2 weeks)	1.6 (0.9)		2.5 (0.7)	2.4 (1.8)	4.3 (1.9)	1.0 (0.5)		1.0 (0.8)	.01^b

^aAll values are reported as mean (SD)

^bStatistically significant Wilcoxon rank sum test