Sun Protection Adherence and Vitamin D Levels Among Dermatology Patients Pubblico

Abstract

Background : Sun protection is a central dermatologic recommendation to decrease skin cancer risk, however an objective measure of sun protective adherence is lacking. Research relies upon self-reported measures such as the Sun Protection Habits Index (SPHI). Compliance with sun protection may place patients at risk for vitamin D deficiency and its associated adverse health outcomes. Due to lack of consensus among guidelines for adequate vitamin D levels and monitoring, serum testing and associated costs have increased exponentially across the past several decades.

Aims : Aim 1: To evaluate whether serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25-OH-D) status (sufficient >32 ng/mL, versus deficient) acts as an objective measure of a SPHI <3.0 (sun protection non-adherence).

Aim 2: To evaluate whether the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) predictive 25-OH-D model can clinically categorize an individual's 25-OH-D level, obviating reliance on serum testing.

Methods : Survey information was collected from 214 English-speaking, adult, dermatology patients of the Emory Dermatology Clinics with known 25-OH-D levels from September 2008-November 2010. Exclusion criteria included medical conditions affecting 25-OH-D levels (e.g. intestinal malabsorption). Logistic regression evaluated whether sufficient 25-OH-D status predicted sun protection non-adherence (SPHI<3.0).

Published linear regression coefficients from the HPFS model were used to predict our sample's 25-OH-D levels. Cohen's kappa evaluated agreement between predicted and observed clinical categories of 25-OH-D level (sufficient, insufficient, deficient, severely deficient).

Results: In univariate logistic regression, the odds of non-adherence to sun protection among 25-OH-D sufficient (>32 ng/mL) patients were 0.53 times lower (95% CI: 0.29-0.99, p=0.049) than the odds among 25-OH-D deficient (≤32 ng/mL) patients. In multivariate logistic regression adjusting for skin cancer history, age, race and supplementation, the odds of non-adherence among sufficient patients were 0.64 times lower (95% CI: 0.33-1.25,p=0.26) than the odds among deficient patients.

Cohen's kappa for agreement between HPFS predicted and observed categories of 25-OH-D was 0.01 (95% confidence limits: -0.11-0.14).

Conclusions : Sufficient 25-OH-D levels were not associated sun protection non-adherence in multivariate logistic regression. Univariate logistic regression suggested that sufficient 25-OH-D status was associated with sun protection adherence.

There was no more than chance agreement between HPFS model predicted and observed clinical categories of 25-OH-D status.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Methods

4. Results

5. Discussion

6. References

7. Tables/Figures

a. Tables 1-18
b. Figure 1

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School	Laney Graduate School
Department	Clinical Research Curriculum Program
Degree	MS
Submission	Master's Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Health Sciences, General
Parola chiave	dermatology sun protection vitamin D
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Chen, Suephy, Emory University
Committee Members	Ofotokun, Igho, Emory University Manatunga, Amita, Emory University

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