Study questionnaires
cancers, ’s cancer worry, melanoma, cancer, skin cancer
CANCER, CANCERS, SKIN CANCER, MELANOMA
The baseline questionnaire (A) was completed using tablet computers while participants were in clinic, or a paper copy and prepaid envelope were given to participants who preferred to complete it at home. Baseline questionnaire A solicited information on age, sex, marital status, educational level, family history of melanoma, skin cancer, and other cancers, paid/unpaid work outdoors, health literacy [Baseline questionnaire A also assessed several psychosocial variables, using questions adapted from Hay & colleagues [Other psychosocial variables included a 3-item skin cancer adaptation of Lerman’s cancer worry scale (range 1–5) [A supplemental baseline questionnaire (B) was provided for participants to complete in the clinic, at home, or online. Participants were provided with a postage prepaid return envelope. Baseline questionnaire B included questions on phenotypic traits including hair color, eye color, freckling, burnability after acute sun exposure, and ability to tan after chronic sun exposure. It also collected information on cancer fatalism, measured using the 15-item Powe Fatalism Inventory (range 0–14) [Participants had two weeks to return both baseline questionnaires A & B. If either questionnaire was not received within one week, participants were sent an email reminder. After two weeks, a second reminder and an additional copy of the unreturned questionnaire (A and/or B) were mailed to the participant. The third and last reminder was by phone or email.