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

Table 4.

Use and evaluation of SunProtect by kidney transplant recipients.

Variable Non-Hispanic whitea Hispanic/Latinob Non-Hispanic blackc Wilcoxon rank sum P value
Program use




Mean duration (minutes) 23 42 32 .046d
Screens repeated e




Why protect against the sun 1 (0.2) 1 (3.4) 1 (2.7) .02d

What is skin cancer 3 (4.1) 7 (5.6) 5 (4.9) .03d

Chance of getting skin cancer 2 (4.1) 2 (4.6) 2 (4.3) .45

Sunscreen application 1 (5.0) 4 (9.1) 3 (8.2) .03d
Program evaluation f




Ease of use 4 (0.5) 4 (0.5) 4 (0.2) .85

Usefulness of content 5 (0.0) 5 (0.0) 4 (0.6) .70

Appealing presentation 4 (1.0) 4 (0.7) 4 (1.0) .73
Request written material g




Sun-protection recommendations 12/32 (37.5) 10/23 (43.5) 9/29 (31.0) .64

Tips to detect skin cancer 27/32 (84.4) 19/23 (82.6) 24/29 (82.8) .85

aN=32

bN=23

cN=29

dStatistically significant Wilcoxon rank sum test

eValues presented as number of times repeated (SD)

fValues presented as mean (SD), on a scale of 1-5

gValues presented as n/N (%)