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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Public Health. 2010 Feb 18;100(4):735–741. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.155705

TABLE 3.

Sun Protection Diary Results of Behavior Change From Baseline to Follow-Up: Project SCAPE; Honolulu, HI, and Long Island, NY; 2000 and 2001

Treatment Group,
Adjusted Mean (SE) of
Change Scorea
Control Group,
Adjusted Mean (SE) of
Change Scorea
Pb

Average sun protection habitsc 8.60 (1.31) 1.85 (1.36) <.001
Any sun protectiond 11.10 (2.88) 5.19 (2.98) .10
Use sunscreend 8.78 (2.80) 0.93 (2.90) .03
Wear a shirt 10.01 (2.21) 3.69 (2.34) .05
Wear a hate 6.31 (1.99) 0.04 (2.07) .02
Stay in shade 7.71 (2.53) 1.90 (2.67) .12
Sun exposure totalf −0.34 (0.11) −0.21 (0.11) .41
Sun exposure weekdaysf −0.17 (0.14) −0.30 (0.14) .53
Sun exposure weekendsf −0.45 (0.14) −0.11 (0.15) .10

Note. Sample sizes for separate analyses were lower because of missing data (up to 4%). Sample size for treatment group was n = 234; for the control group n = 211.

a

% used at follow-up minus % used at baseline.

b

F test result for intervention effect from generalized linear model.

c

Means calculated with adjustment for location, gender, and risk group covariates.

d

Means calculated with adjustment for age, gender, and risk group covariates.

e

Means calculated with adjustment for location, gender, and risk group covariates.

f

Follow-up hours minus baseline hours.