Table 4

UV dose to face, and mean scores for some key psychosocial factors divided according to grouping from the qualitative interview study

‘Dominated’ group‘Integrated’ group‘Resistant’ group
Number of patients4106
Mean daily UV dose to face (SED/day)0.040.120.2
Psychosocial factorMean score for psychosocial factorMean score for psychosocial factorMean score for psychosocial factor
‘Timeline or duration of XP’ (0 a very short time; 10 forever)9.5108.8
‘Necessity’ of photoprotection (score 1–7)4.54.13.4
‘Automaticity’ of photoprotection (score 1–7)4.73.42.8
‘Consequences’ of XP on life (0–10)8.35.55.9
Level of social support (1–5)4.04.13.1
  • SED, standard erythemal dose; UV, ultraviolet; XP, xeroderma pigmentosum.