Ultraviolet radiation exposure to the face in patients with xeroderma pigmentosum and healthy controls: applying a novel methodology to define photoprotection behaviour.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), the main means of preventing skin and eye cancers is extreme protection against ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Protection is most important for the face.

Objectives

We aimed to assess how well patients with XP adhere to medical advice to protect against UVR by objectively estimating the mean daily dose of UVR to the face.

Methods

We objectively estimated the UVR dose to the face in 36 patients with XP and 25 healthy individuals over 3 weeks in the summer. We used a new methodology which combined UVR dose measurements from a wrist-worn dosimeter with an activity diary record of face photoprotection behaviour for each 15-min period spent outside. A protection factor was associated with each behaviour, and the data were analysed us

SUBMITTER: Sarkany RPE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9306996 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature