Knowledge about ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and attitudes and behaviour regarding gel manicure according to the age of women

MALINOWSKA-BOROWSKA, Jolanta & BUCZKOWSKA, Marta. Knowledge about ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and attitudes and behaviour regarding gel manicure according to the age of women. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;24(1):44-52. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.24.01.004 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/43265 https://zenodo.org/record/7874920 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 23.03.2023. Revised: 10.04.2023. Accepted: 28.04.2023. Published: 28.04.2023. Knowledge about ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and attitudes and behaviour regarding gel manicure according to the age of women Jolanta Malinowska-Borowska (0000-0001-8254-2054), Marta Buczkowska (0000-0002-4154-8350) Medical University of Silesia, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Bytom, Poland Department of Occupational Medicine and Health in Department of Chronic Diseases and Civilization-related Hazards 18 Piekarska str., 41-902 Bytom, Poland Corresponding author: jmalinowska@sum.edu.pl Abstract Introduction and purpose. Nowadays, artificial gel nails, which require Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) for polymerization, steadily gain popularity. Gel manicure dried with UV lamps has become a regular part of many women's beauty routines. However, its safety remains controversial. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of women towards UV radiation generated by manicure devices. Material and methods. The study was carried out from January to March 2020 with the use of PAPI and CAWI method. The study population consisted of 188 women living in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. The mean age was 31.7 ±12.4. The majority of women were familiar with UV nail polish drying devices (74%). Most of the respondents were regularly using UV lamps (51.1%). Results. 62% of women aged 18-25 regularly got UV manicure, whereas only 29% of women older than 40 years (p<0.001). Most of the respondents got UV manicure at beauty salon. However, 37% of women got it also at home. Self-manicure was mostly popular among women at age 18-25 (p