TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Fernández-Morano, Teresa
AU  - Troya-Martín, Magdalena de
AU  - Rivas-Ruiz, Francisco
AU  - Blázquez-Sánchez, Nuria
AU  - Buendía Eisman, Agustín
PY  - 2015
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/35226
AB  - Background:

Health questionnaires must present accredited measurement properties such as validity, reliability and sensitivity to change, the latter being essential for interventions to be planned and for evaluating their effectiveness. The aim of...
AB  - Methods:

Quasi-experimental before-after study carried out in 2011, for a study population of adolescents attending schools in the Costa del Sol. First, the questionnaire was administered to the adolescents, after which a multicomponent educational...
AB  - Results:

228 adolescents, aged 14–17 years, and 55.3% were girls. Statistically significant changes were observed in sunburn experiences, exposure to the sun at mid-day and attitudes to sun exposure and suncreams. For the seven items related to...
AB  - Conclusions:

The Beach Questionnaire on behaviour, attitudes and knowledge related to sun exposure is the first such instrument in Spanish language to provide sufficient sensitivity to change. It constitutes a useful tool for epidemiologic research...
LA  - eng
PB  - Biomed Central
KW  - Health questionnaire
KW  - Validation
KW  - Sensitivity to change
KW  - Sun exposure habits
KW  - Attitudes to sun
KW  - Knowledge about sun exposure
TI  - Sensitivity to change of the Beach Questionnaire to behaviour, attitudes and knowledge related to sun exposure: quasi-experimental before-after study
DO  - 10.1186/s12889-015-1415-0
ER  -