How Useful is the Advice: "Fill up a Handful of Sunscreen and Spread it All Over Your Body"

NCT ID: NCT03627260

Last Updated: 2018-08-13

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

31 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-05-01

Study Completion Date

2017-07-29

Brief Summary

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The advice: "Fill up a handful of sunscreen and spread it all over your body" is used in several sun safety campaigns. The hope is that users in swimwear following the advice will apply a sunscreen quantity of 2 mg/cm\^2 to all accessible skin. The present study is the first to investigate how this advice works in practice.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Quantity of Sunscreen Sun Protection Factor Sun Safety Campaigns Sunscreen Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Fill up a handful of sunscreen and spread it all over your body. Sunscreen, Actinica

Volunteers were asked to follow the rule of thumb: "Fill up a handful of sunscreen and spread it all over your body".

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- European descent

Exclusion Criteria

* Skin disease
* allergy to the content in sunscreen
* Pregnancy
* Breastfeeding
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Bispebjerg Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ida M. Heerfordt

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Bispebjerg Hospital

Copenhagen NV, DK, Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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Handful of sunscreen

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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