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Data were collected on disease awareness, care experience, sun protection behaviour,, and treatment expectations. The proportion of participants endorsing correct statements about AK rarely exceeded 50%. Only 332 participants (52.0%) reported that they knew much about treatments and 134 (21.0%) never felt the need to request information; 545 participants (85.3%) reported that waiting times to see dermatologists were excessive; 160 treated participants (40.8%) reported lesion persistence after treatment; and 140 (35.3%) that certain treatments made their skin painful or unsightly. Sun protection was sub-optimal, with 145 participants (22.7%) rarely or never going out in the sun with protection and 334 (52.3%) rarely or never putting on sunscreen in the morning. The most frequently desired improvements to care were \u201cTreatments that make lesions disappear\u201d (n\u2009=\u2009528; 82.6%), \u201cTreatments that are easy to use\u201d (n\u2009=\u2009524; 82.0%) and \u201cPhysicians to propose regular skin examinations\u201d (n\u2009=\u2009510; 79.8%). 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