Barysch, Marjam-Jeanette; Cozzio, Antonio; Kolm, Isabel; Hrdlicka, Susanne Ruf; Brand, Christoph; Hunger, Robert; Kreyden, Oliver; Schaffner, Reto; Zaugg, Thomas; Dummer, Reinhard (2010). Internet based health promotion campaign against skin cancer - Results of www.skincheck.ch in Switzerland. European journal of dermatology EJD, 20(1), pp. 109-14. Montrouge: John Libbey Eurotext 10.1684/ejd.2010.0827
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Conventional skin cancer prevention programs appeal to limited populations, and the middle aged male population responds less frequently. Our objective was to establish a complementary health promotion campaign tool for skin cancer prevention. Internet-based education, instruction for self assessment and teledermatological evaluation of skin lesions by an expert commission of dermatologists was used. Compliance and clinical diagnosis was assessed in a subgroup. 12,000 users visited the educational website. There was strong interest among the middle aged male population (53% (N = 262): male; mean age: 42). 28.5% of examined lesions (N = 494) were considered suspicious. Email requests, sent to the group whose lesions where considered suspicious, were answered by 46.0% of females (N = 29) and 59.7% of males (N = 46) with a female distribution predominantly in younger ages (52.6% of females with known age: < 30 years). Males were predominantly represented over 30 years (86.2% of all males). According to user's declarations, at least 8 (8.5%) malignant lesions (1 melanoma in situ, 1 squamous cell carcinoma, 4 basal cell carcinomas, 2 malignant lesions without declared diagnosis) were finally diagnosed by physicians. We conclude that internet-based, interactive, educational programs, in addition to existing health promotion campaigns, can enhance public participation in the middle aged male population in skin cancer prevention.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Dermatology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hunger, Robert |
ISSN: |
1167-1122 |
Publisher: |
John Libbey Eurotext |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:07 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:00 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1684/ejd.2010.0827 |
PubMed ID: |
19825529 |
Web of Science ID: |
000274218000017 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/198 (FactScience: 196881) |
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