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Category | Subcategory | Code |
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Protective behaviors | Change of work time | Activities at night |
Fewer activities at the peak time of sunlight |
Activities in the evenings |
Use of protectives | Wearing hats while working |
Wearing sunscreen |
Wearing long sleeves |
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Hard personal and familial conditions | Loss of peace | Feeling depressed |
Disappointment and loneliness |
Misgivings |
Weakness |
Loss of work and family status | Loss of status in family |
Problem earning a living |
Loss of health | Incurability of cancer |
Injuries caused by cancer |
Cancer and death |
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Social interactions | Demotivation and discouragement | Unwillingness to show protective behaviors |
Doctors’ prohibition |
Ineffectiveness of protective behaviors in preventing skin cancer |
Rejection | Friends’ criticism |
Being humiliated |
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Poor social support | Issues with living | High cost of sunscreen |
Priority of earning a living |
Family responsibility |
Negative attitude to protective behaviors | Wearing sunscreen damages skin. |
Wearing sunscreen hurts eyes. |
Wearing long sleeves in hot weather leads to red skin or blisters. |
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Feeling of satisfaction | Feeling healthy by protective behaviors | Feeling healthy while wearing long sleeves |
Feeling healthy with less sun-burned head and neck while wearing veiled hats |
Feeling healthy when less exposed to sunlight at the peak time |
Preventing the development of disease and lowering costs | Saving money and lowering medical costs by timely visits |
Lowering costs of sunburns while wearing hats |
Hope to be cured by timely visits |
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Self-care | Capability of self-care | Wearing long sleeves most of the day |
Wearing hats and scarves during intense sunshine |
Reducing the exposure time to sunlight in most days |
Strengthening beliefs | Attempts to raise awareness and knowledge of preventing skin cancer |
Attempts to gain information in doctor-patient visits in future |
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Fear | Fear of affliction | Fear of positive results |
Concerns about skin examination and diagnosis of cancer |
Fear of talking about skin cancer |
Continuous concerns | Disrupted ordinary life due to cancer |
Loneliness and isolation due to cancer |
Isolation from family and friends |
Fear of affliction with skin cancer due to recurrent exposure to sunlight |
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