Adaption of the Skin Sun Sensitivity Scale

Completed

Conditions studied: Skin Diseases

In brief

Determining Fitzpatrick skin phototypes (FST) allows physicians to assess a person's risk of developing sunburn, and thus the need for sun protection to prevent the development of skin cancer. Reflectance spectrophotometry objectively measures the melanin index (MI) and can assist in determining the accuracy of self-reported FST compared with dermatologist-determined FST. At present, we seek to determine the accuracy of an adapted Skin Sun Sensitivity Scale for individuals of all pigmentation varieties (FST I through VI) as compared with spectrophotometric measurements assessing FST. Our principal objective is to correlate the MI under usual conditions by spectrophotometry with the adapted Fitzpatrick SPT as determined by the patients' responses to the adapted questionnaire.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01975038

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

292

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2014-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Are at least 18 years old
• Are fluent in English
• Are able to complete the study procedures including answering questionnaires
• Are willing to have spectrophotometry readings taken of right upper inner arm

You may not qualify if…

• Used self-tanning products or tan accelerators on the right upper inner arm in the 4 weeks prior to enrollment

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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