title: Tanning Bed Perception Survey: A Questionnaire-based Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was intended to investigate the perception of tanning bed use among college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 15-question survey was given to young adults regarding tanning perceptions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rochester Community College in Rochester, Minnesota.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-four respondents between 18 and 51 years of age.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected via a self-reported questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, 50 percent of participants were not educated on the risks of melanoma, and 68 percent were not interested in receiving information on melanoma and completing a follow-up survey. More specifically, 63 percent versus 89 percent of participants with no tanning bed versus some tanning bed use did not want information regarding melanoma, respectively. This study also shows that more tanning bed users believe tanning helps prevent burning than non-tanning bed users. Fifty-seven percent of the 35 participants who had never used a tanning bed thought that they never prevent sunburn, while only 11 percent of the nine participants who had used a tanning bed in the past thought that they never prevent sunburn, which was statistically significant.
authors: Mayo Clinic, Department of Dermatology, Rochester Minnesota;
authors: Jerry
authors: J
authors: Brewer
authors: Mayo Clinic, Department of Health Sciences Research, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors: Donna
authors: D
authors: Mcquinn
authors: Mayo Clinic, Department of Health Sciences Research, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Lohse
authors: New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Hassani