Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Rapid Response April-June 2019 - Tanning Equipment Use

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_R005

Now, we would like to ask you some questions about your use of ultraviolet tanning equipment such as sunlamps and tanning beds. Please exclude spray or chemical tans, and medical phototherapy devices.

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q005

Have you ever used tanning equipment?

Include sunbeds, solariums, sunlamps, tanning beds, canopy, tanning booth.

• 1: Yes, once
• 2: Yes, more than once
• 3: No
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q010

In general, when you're outside, how does your skin react to unprotected exposure to the sun?

• 1: Always burns, never tans
• 2: Usually burns, tans minimally
• 3: May burn, tans well
• 4: Rarely burns, tans well
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q015

Have you used tanning equipment in the past 12 months?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q020

In the past 12 months, how many times did you use tanning equipment?

One time is a single use of tanning equipment and not a group of sessions or appointments.

• 1: 1-3 times
• 2: 4-6 times
• 3: 7-9 times
• 4: 10+ times
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q025

In the past 12 months, where did you [most often] use tanning equipment?

• 1: Beauty salon / hair dresser / spa
• 2: Tanning salon
• 3: Fitness centre / health club
• 4: Private home (your home or someone else's)
• 5: Another place
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q030

Did you [most often] use tanning equipment that tans...?

• 1: The whole body at once
• 2: Parts of the body (e.g. face, legs, arms, etc.)
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q035

In the past 12 months, for which of the following reasons did you use tanning equipment?

• 1: To get a base tan or to prevent sunburn (for example, before a trip)
• 2: For aesthetic reasons (to look better)
• 3: To relax or feel better
• 4: To get Vitamin D
• 5: To boost immune system
• 6: For some other reason
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q040

The last time you used tanning equipment, did you read the health warning labels?

• 1: Yes, I read them
• 2: No, I have read them in the past
• 3: No, I have never read them
• 4: No, there were no labels posted / I didn't notice them / the labels were illegible
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_R045

Tanning equipment has information on it, written by the manufacturer, which recommends the duration of each tanning session based on skin color and recent tanning history.

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q045

The last time you used tanning equipment, did you read the manufacturer's recommendation on the duration of each tanning session?

• 1: Yes, I read them
• 2: No, I have read them in the past
• 3: No, I have never read them
• 4: No, there were no labels posted / I didn't notice them / the labels were illegible
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q050

[In the past 12 months,] when you used tanning equipment, how was the time of [the/each] tanning session determined?

• 1: Someone else determined it for me
• 2: I used the manufacturer's recommendations on the equipment
• 3: I determined the time myself
• 4: Another way
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q055

[In the past 12 months,] when you used tanning equipment, [how often] did you wear tanning goggles to protect your eyes?

• 1: Never (No)
• 2: Sometimes
• 3: Often
• 4: Always (Yes)
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q060

(In the past 12 months, when you used tanning equipment), did you experience an eye injury or discomfort to your eyes resulting from the use of tanning equipment?

Examples of discomfort or injury to the eyes might be itchiness, aversion to bright light, redness of the eyes.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q065

(In the past 12 months, when you used tanning equipment), how often did you experience an injury to your skin that required treatment by a health care professional?

This could include sunburn, discolouration or itch.

• 1: Never
• 2: Once
• 3: Occasionally
• 4: Often
• 5: Always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK

Tanning Equipment Use (TEU) - Question identifier:TEU_Q070

(In the past 12 months, when you used tanning equipment), how often did you experience any other type of skin discomfort or unwanted skin reaction?

Exclude injuries reported above that required treatment by a health care professional.

• 1: Never
• 2: Once
• 3: Occasionally
• 4: Often
• 5: Always
• 8: RF
• 9: DK