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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Educ. 2017 Mar 10;48(2):90–99. doi: 10.1080/19325037.2016.1271755

Table 2.

Percentage of hotel/resort guests performing sun protection practices by recreation area

Recreation Area Sunscreen with SPF 15+ Pre-app of Sunscreen (15 min. before going outdoors) Reapplication of Sunscreen Percentage of Body Covered Percent of Shade Coverage Combined Sun Protection Practices (z-score) Any Sun Protection (shade or clothes) Any Sun Protection (shade or clothes or sunscreen)
Observation
Swimming Pool N/A N/A N/A 49.9%* 23.5%* −21.73* 13.7%* N/A
Beach N/A N/A N/A 51.8%* 16.7%* −26.43* 12.6%* N/A
Marina N/A N/A N/A 64.9%* 16.0%* −7.70* 14.0%* N/A
Court/Lawn N/A N/A N/A 67.5%* 16.1%* −2.57* 16.3%* N/A
Golf Course N/A N/A N/A 71.5% 17.6%* 8.27* 22.3%* N/A
Activity Area N/A N/A N/A 71.6% 23.2%* 9.84* 31.8% N/A
Outdoor Dining N/A N/A N/A 69.5%* 65.7%* 45.81* 59.8%* N/A
Common/Reception (Reference Group) N/A N/A N/A 71.7% 33.6% 22.05 38.4% N/A
Overall p-value for model <0.0011, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 <0.0011, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 <0.0011, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13 <0.0011, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12
Survey
Swimming Pool 63.9%* 37.9%* 77.9%* 51.5%* 34.2%* −9.48* 23.1%* 72.8%
Beach 75.6%* 47.2% 73.4%* 54.8%* 26.2%* −7.24* 22.8%* 80.4%
Marina 48.3% 43.8% 72.9%* 66.4%* 20.1%* −5.41* 22.4%* 60.9%*
Court/Lawn 51.7% 55.9% 54.4% 70.5% 34.5%* −2.90* 35.6%* 65.5%*
Golf Course 51.7%* 47.7% 42.2% 71.1%* 34.3%* 2.32 33.0%* 67.1%
Activity Area 59.6%* 45.3%* 55.2% 71.1%* 34.4%* 2.30 36.6%* 74.9%
Outdoor Dining 52.7% 66.0% 34.4% 68.7%* 67.3%* 9.92* 61.8%* 81.4%
Common/Reception (Reference Group) 49.2% 61.3% 37.8% 73.7% 44.8% 5.24 50.6% 75.3%
Overall p-value for model <0.0011, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 <0.0011, 2, 3, 11, 15 <0.0011, 2, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 <0.0011, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 <0.0011, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 <0.0011, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17 <0.0011, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 <0.0011, 2, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19

Covariates controlled in the model:

1

Resort enrollment wave;

2

Age;

3

Gender;

4

Resort use (low vs. high);

5

Percent of water recreation at the resort;

6

Annual sunshine hours at the resort;

7

Summer resort or winter resort;

8

Size of resort (number of summer employees);

9

Proximity to summer solstice (June 20);

10

Proximity to solar noon (1 pm in daylight savings time);

11

Elevation;

12

Latitude;

13

Cloud cover;

14

Maximum temperature on the visit date (°F);

15

UV Index.

Covariates controlled in the model:

1

Resort enrollment wave;

2

Age;

3

Gender;

4

Education;

5

Ethnicity and race;

6

Skin phenotype;

7

Disinhibition(agree you are a different person when you’re on vacation than when you’re at home);

8

Resort use (low vs. high);

9

Percent of water recreation at the resort;

10

Annual sunshine hours at the resort;

11

Summer resort or winter resort;

12

Resort size (number of summer employees);

13

Proximity to summer solstice (June 20);

14

Proximity to noon (1 pm in daylight savings time);

15

Elevation;

16

Latitude;

17

Cloud cover;

18

Maximum temperature on the visit date (°F);

19

UV Index.

N/A=Could not be estimated because sunscreen use was not assessed in the observational measure.

*

Statistically significantly different (p<0.05, 2-tailed) from reference group, i.e., Commons an Reception