title: [Prevalence, risk groups, and reasons for sunbed use in Germany].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ultraviolet (UV) radiation of sunbeds has been classified carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Unlike in other countries the available data on the important risk factor has been lacking until recently in Germany.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The SUN-Study 2012 (Sunbed-Use: Needs for Action Study) aimed at identifying epidemiological prevalence data concerning this completely preventable risk factor.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 4,851 participants aged 14-45 years were selected from the German population in a representative manner and were surveyed via standardized telephone interviews. The survey period was split into a summer and a winter wave in order to take possible season effects into account.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four out of 10 Germans aged 14-45 years (39.2 %; 95 % CI 37.8-40.6 %) have ever used a sunbed. Within the last year 14.6 % (95 % CI 13.6-15.6 %) visited a sunbed. Current users reported six visits per year on average and every twentieth reported a family history of cutaneous malignant melanoma in first-degree relatives. More than 5 % of minors currently used sunbeds despite the nationwide ban, mostly at unsupervised locations. Half of those minors did not know about the legal ban of sunbed use for minors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study proves that sunbed use which is an important risk factor for skin cancer is widely used. Moreover, considerable information deficits about health risks exist among the German population.
authors.affiliation: Mannheimer Institut für Public Health, Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 7-11, 68167, Mannheim, Deutschland. sven.schneider@medma.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Mannheimer Institut für Public Health, Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 7-11, 68167, Mannheim, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Görig
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Prävention (ADP) e. V., Hamburg, Deutschland.|European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention EUROSKIN, Buxtehude, Deutschland.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Breitbart
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Prävention (ADP) e. V., Hamburg, Deutschland.|European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention EUROSKIN, Buxtehude, Deutschland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greinert
authors.affiliation: Mannheimer Institut für Public Health, Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 7-11, 68167, Mannheim, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diehl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D057220:Health Literacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055108:Sunbathing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects; D014600:Utilization Review; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Melanoma; Risk factors; Skin cancer; Suntanning; Ultraviolet light