Knowledge level of school students and its related factors about the methods of protecting their body against sunlight exposure

سال انتشار: 1392
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
مشاهده: 254

فایل این مقاله در 5 صفحه با فرمت PDF قابل دریافت می باشد

استخراج به نرم افزارهای پژوهشی:

لینک ثابت به این مقاله:

شناسه ملی سند علمی:

JR_INTJMI-3-3_004

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 15 مهر 1398

چکیده مقاله:

Long term exposure to the sun causes variant damages and malignant melanoma of the skin butsevere intermittent contact with sunlight is more important in causing melanoma. Regarding this issuethat exposure to sunlight is in a high degree among the people of province of Mazandaran especially inadolescents, and there are not sufficient educational and news-feeding tools for them, we decided toinvestigate the knowledge level of school pupils and its related factors about the methods of protectingtheir body against sunlight exposure in In middle and high schools in the city of Sari in year 2012.Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study among middle and high school studentsof Sari city in 1391 and knowledge of students about the methods of protection against solar radiation wasmeasured. The sample size was 2,000. A two-part questionnaire was used for data acquisition. The firstpart consisted of demographic information and the second part was about the knowledge of students aboutsun-block and other methods for protection against the sun radiation.Results: The study population consisted of 1273 patients (63.65%) were male and 727 patients (36.35%)were female. The mean age of the study was 15.0725 with a minimum age of 12 years and maximum ageof 17 years. 256 of female samples (35.21%) wore sunglasses, while 122 of boys (9.58%) were using sunglasses. Among girls, 278 cases (38.32%), and use among boys, 122 cases (14.61%) were using a sunblock. Among the male students, 42 (29.3%) had low knowledge, 742 cases (58.28%) have moderatelevels of knowledge, 471 cases (36.99%) had good knowledge and 18 (1.41%) had a higher level ofconsciousness and knowledge. Among female students, 16 (20.2%) had low knowledge, 236 cases(32.46%) had medium level of knowledge, 411 cases (56.53%) had good knowledge and 64 (8.80%) hada higher level of consciousness and knowledge.Conclusion: Based on the results obtained in our study and other researchers, techniques of prevention ofthe damaging effects of the sunlight, are helpful ways to prevent skin damages. But since that most peopleare not aware of the harmful effects of the sun radiations, the use of prevention methods and tools are notappropriate. Hence, the use of appropriate advertising and other communication tools to conveyinformation to the public is advised.

کلیدواژه ها:

نویسندگان

Masoud Golpour

Department of Dermatology, Booali Sina Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Milad Bahari

Faculty of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Seyyed Abbas Hashemi

Faculty of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Bahare Golpour

Faculty of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran