If
your job requires you to stay outdoors for long, having this app on
your smartphone that provides personalised, real-time advice may improve
your sun protection behaviour, says a study.
The
Solar Cell app provides sun-protection advice based on UV (ultraviolet)
Index forecasts and personal information from the users. It also alerts
users to apply or reapply sunscreen.
“The
Solar Cell mobile app seemed to promote sun protection practices,” the
authors noted. The researchers conducted a clinical trial to evaluate
the mobile app by collecting data from a volunteer sample of 202 adults.
Of
the 96 participants assigned to use the mobile app, 74 individuals (77
percent) used it. The authors found that participants in the group that
received the app used wide-brimmed hats more at the seven-week follow-up
than control participants who did not receive the app (23.8 percent vs.
17.4 percent).
Women
who used the app also reported more use of all sun protection (such as
sunscreen, protective clothing and shade) combined than men (46.4
percent vs. 43.3 percent).
The
Solar Cell app was developed by Klein Buendel under a contract with the
National Cancer Institute. The study was published online in the
journal JAMA Dermatology.
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