Table 5.
Decision-making about getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.
| Percentage of people who strongly agree or agree | Pre-HPV app, n (%) | Post-HPV app, n (%) | Follow-up, n (%) | P valuesa | ||
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Pre vs Post | Pre vs follow-up | |
| Parents | ||||||
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Parent made the decision | 27 (93) | 25 (86) | 26 (90) | .48 | .57 |
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Let their child make the decision | 10 (34) | 7 (24) | 8 (28) | .28 | .56 |
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Parent and child made the decision together | 16 (55) | 21 (72)b | 22 (76)b | .002 | .002 |
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Family and friends influenced decision | 3 (10) | 3 (10) | 6 (21)c | .69 | .02 |
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Religious beliefs influenced decision | 3 (10) | 3 (10) | 5 (17) | .86 | .33 |
| Adolescents | ||||||
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My parents made the decision | 11 (38) | 12 (41) | 11 (38) | .89 | .81 |
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I made the decision myself | 9 (31) | 12 (41)c | 11 (38)c | .03 | .046 |
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I was involved in the decision | 7 (24) | 12 (41)c | 14 (48)c | .03 | .02 |
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My friends’ decisions influenced my decision | 0 (0) | 2 (7) | 1 (3) | .62 | .75 |
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Religious beliefs influenced decision | 1 (3) | 2 (7) | 0 (0) | .23 | .57 |
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I did not really think much about the decision | 18 (62) | 16 (55) | 15 (52) | .20 | .51 |
aReported P values are from a paired t test (2-tailed) for a difference in mean Likert scores (not shown in Table). The percentages of strongly agree and agree responses (Likert scores of 4 and 5) are presented.
bP<.01.
cP<.05.