Evaluation of immediate and 12-week effects of a smartphone sun-safety mobile application: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mobile applications on smartphones can communicate a large amount of personalized, real-time health information, including advice on skin cancer prevention, but their effectiveness may be affected by whether recipients can be convinced to use them.

Objective

To evaluate a smartphone mobile application (Solar Cell) delivering real-time advice about sun protection for a second time in a randomized clinical trial.

Design, setting, and participants

A previous trial conducted in 2012 used a randomized pretest-posttest design. For the present trial, we collected data from a volunteer sample of 202 adults 18 years or older who owned a smartphone. Participants were recruited nationwide through online promotions. Screening procedures and a 3-week run-in period were

SUBMITTER: Buller DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4431914 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature