Table 2 Perception and attitude towards occupational skin cancer risk and sun protection
Covariates | Answers | Outdoor workers (N = 380) |
|---|---|---|
Perception of occupational skin cancer risk | High | 62 (16.3%) |
Moderate | 85 (22.4%) | |
Insignificant or low | 45 (11.8%) | |
Do not think about it | 188 (49.5%) | |
Importance of sun protection at work | High | 113 (29.7%) |
Moderate | 144 (37.9%) | |
Low or no | 123 (32.4%) | |
Measures of sun protection made available at work one or more | Long trousers and shirt with sleeves | 360 (94.2%) |
Wide-brimmed hat or cap | 186 (49.1%) | |
Sunscreen | 112 (29.6%) | |
Avoiding the sun around noon | 20 (5.3%) | |
General employer attention | 84 (22.1%) | |
Information | 44 (11.6%) | |
Challenges for use of sun protection at work agree or strongly agree one or more | Too hot | 177 (46.6%) |
Work disruptive | 91 (23.9%) | |
Spoils the pleasure of working outdoor | 52 (13.8%) | |
Too expensive | 51 (13.4%) | |
Just not possible | 15 (4.0%) | |
Risk of being ridiculed | 9 (2.4%) | |
History of sunburn at work | Often | 81 (21.3%) |
Rarely | 257 (67.6%) | |
Never | 42 (11.1%) | |
General skin cancer risk factors considered important one or more | Sunburn | 320 (84.2%) |
Solarium use | 303 (79.7%) | |
Sun holidays | 222 (58.4%) | |
Working outdoor | 213 (56.1%) | |
Outdoor stay at leisure | 147 (38.7%) | |
Avoiding the sun around noon in the summer reduces risk of skin cancer | Agree | 338 (88.9%) |
Disagree | 15 (3.9%) | |
Do not know | 27 (7.1%) | |
Using sunscreen in the summer reduces risk of skin cancer | Agree | 329 (86.6%) |
Disagree | 15 (3.9%) | |
Do not know | 36 (9.5%) | |
Using a wide brimmed hat in the summer reduces risk of skin cancer | Agree | 317 (83.4%) |
Disagree | 15 (3.9%) | |
Do not know | 48 (12.6%) | |
Using long trousers and shirt with sleeves in the summer reduces risk of skin cancer | Agree | 331 (87.1%) |
Disagree | 16 (4.2%) | |
Do not know | 33 (8.7%) |