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BIB_435

Wearable UV dosimeter / UV-index-app feedback as a photoprotection ADHERENCE tool — fills a ZERO-coverage gap and targets THIS patient's actual deficit. His photoprotection problem is behaviour/adherence, not knowledge (documented June 2025 sunbathing baseline, TASK08 §6); objective real-time UV feedback directly addresses that gap. Bottom line: an OPTIONAL, low-cost, no-downside ADJUNCT to — never a replacement for — the core measures (UPF clothing, shade, midday avoidance, mineral sunscreen BIB430); evidence is MODEST/PRELIMINARY (small pilot RCT, mostly NMSC/AK endpoints, short-term, beha…

Evidence grade
C
Tier
3 (one small industry-sponsored pilot RCT + melanoma-survivor feasibility/mixed-
Cited by tasks
8, 22a
Identifiers
PMC10940533

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