1. Health behaviour changes in cutaneous melanoma survivors
- Author
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Mirjam Rogl Butina, Igor Švab, Barbara Perić, and Igor Bartenjev
- Subjects
skin cancer ,melanoma ,melanoma survivors ,health behaviour ,skin self-examination ,safe sun behaviourno - Abstract
Aim of this study was to investigate changes in health behavior of melanoma survivors with emphasis on safe sun behavior (SSB) and skin self-examination (SSE). We also identified factors with significant impact on SSE improvement. We performed a cross-sectional (epidemiological) survey based on a structured questionnaire. 150 patients from three medical institutions were invited and 144 patients responded. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 23.0, with the level of significance set to 0.05. After being diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma, patients significantly improved preventive health behavior: 68.1% showed improvement in SSE, and 91.5% of patients improved SSB. There was statistically significant (P
- Published
- 2019