Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

General knowledge about risk factors for skin cancer.

	Disagree		Don’t know/neutral		Agree
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Going out during the hours of 10.00 am to 4.00 pm without sun protection	98	6.4	154	10.1	1278	83.5
Smoking/alcohol use	328	21.4	304	19.9	898	58.7
Having fair skin	224	14.6	318	20.8	988	64.6
Exposure to ultraviolet radiation	38	2.5	36	2.4	1456	95.2
Lots of nevus, freckles, and moles on the body	294	19.2	326	21.3	910	59.5
Having never tanning skin type	604	39.5	526	34.4	400	26.1
Solarium/tanning salons	208	13.6	438	28.6	884	57.8
Having light-colored eyes	626	40.9	424	27.7	480	31.4
Having red or blonde hair	614	40.1	418	27.3	498	32.5
Having sun burns which are painful and bubbly before 20 years of age	300	19.6	352	23.0	878	57.4
Exposure to petroleum, coal, or arsenic	162	10.6	302	19.7	1066	69.7
Family history of skin cancer	58	3.8	44	2.9	1428	93.3
Taking immunosuppressive treatment	150	9.8	290	19.0	1090	71.2
Not using sunscreen	174	11.4	392	25.6	964	63.0
You are adequately protected from UV rays with thin cloud cover	588	38.4	362	23.7	580	37.9
Tanning salons offer a safe alternative to sun tanning outdoors	598	39.1	598	39.1	334	21.8
People with many moles are at an increased risk of developing melanoma	292	19.1	300	19.6	938	61.3
Wet clothing offers less protection against the sun than dry clothing	452	29.5	746	48.8	332	21.7
When you are swimming in a pool, the part underwater is protected from the sun since water reflects most of the UV light	426	27.8	492	32.2	612	40.0
Using self-tanning lotions or cream is an effective method for sun protection	542	35.4	390	25.5	598	39.1
The ozone layer filters most of the ultraviolet type B but little of the A type	144	9.4	734	48.0	652	42.6
A suntan offers adequate protection to prevent sunburn	556	36.3	524	34.2	450	29.4
Chemical sunscreens give optimal protection as soon as they contact the skin	534	34.9	396	25.9	600	39.2
Sunblock SPF mean (sun protective factor)	82	5.4	430	28.1	1018	66.5