背景:室内晒黑是皮肤癌的可预防风险因素。在COVID-19大流行期间,全州范围内的停工导致制革业务暂时关闭。关于制革商对失去制革业务的反应知之甚少。
目的:这项研究旨在分析Twitter(随后更名为X)在全州大流行关闭期间关于室内晒黑的闲聊。
方法:我们从2020年3月15日至4月30日收集了推文,并对每周20%(1165/5811)推文的随机样本进行了定向内容分析。两位编码员独立评估主题(κ=0.67-1.0;94%-100%一致)。
结果:大约一半(589/1165,50.6%)的推文是不太可能在室内晒黑的人,这些嘲笑制革者或制革行为大多(562/589,94.9%)。共有34%(402/1165)的推文是由可能在室内晒黑的用户发布的,其中大多数(260/402,64.7%)提到缺少晒黑床,经常引用外表或情绪相关的原因或退出。一些制革商的推文表达了购买或使用家用晒黑床的愿望(90/402,22%),而只有3.9%(16/402)提到鞣制替代品(例如,自我晒黑)。很少有推文(29/1165,2.5%)是关于室内晒黑危害的公共卫生信息。
结论:研究结果表明,在全州范围内的停工期间,关于室内晒黑的推文中有一半是嘲笑晒黑床使用者和晒黑的外观,而大约三分之一的室内制糖师对他们无法进入晒黑床做出反应。需要未来的工作来了解大流行后晒黑的新趋势。
BACKGROUND: Indoor tanning is a preventable risk factor for skin cancer. Statewide shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in temporary closures of tanning businesses. Little is known about how tanners reacted to losing access to tanning businesses.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze Twitter (subsequently rebranded as X) chatter about indoor tanning during the statewide pandemic shutdowns.
METHODS: We collected tweets from March 15 to April 30, 2020, and performed a directed content analysis of a random sample of 20% (1165/5811) of tweets from each week. The 2 coders independently rated themes (κ=0.67-1.0; 94%-100% agreement).
RESULTS: About half (589/1165, 50.6%) of tweets were by people unlikely to indoor
tan, and most of these mocked tanners or the act of tanning (562/589, 94.9%). A total of 34% (402/1165) of tweets were posted by users likely to indoor
tan, and most of these (260/402, 64.7%) mentioned missing tanning beds, often citing appearance- or mood-related reasons or withdrawal. Some tweets by tanners expressed a desire to purchase or use home tanning beds (90/402, 22%), while only 3.9% (16/402) mentioned tanning alternatives (eg, self-tanner). Very few tweets (29/1165, 2.5%) were public health messages about the dangers of indoor tanning.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings revealed that during statewide shutdowns, half of the tweets about indoor tanning were mocking tanning bed users and the tanned look, while about one-third were indoor tanners reacting to their inability to access tanning beds. Future work is needed to understand emerging trends in tanning post pandemic.