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. 2023 Oct 4;7:e46951. doi: 10.2196/46951

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and comparisons of pretest-posttest differences on key measures (N=164).

Variable Korean American Vietnamese American Total P value for pre-post change
Pretest Posttest Pretest Posttest Pretest Posttest
Attitude item (n=164), mean scorea (SD)

It is not important to have the HPV vaccination for my child because everyone will eventually die of something anyway. 1.6 (0.6) 1.4 (0.6) 1.9 (1.1) 1.9 (1.2) 1.8 (1) 1.7 (1.1) .24b

It is not necessary to have the HPV vaccination for my child because it is in God’s hands anyway. 2.12 (1) 1.67 (1) 2.29 (1.3) 2.18 (1.2) 2.24 (1.2) 2.03 (1.1) .02b

If nothing is physically wrong, then my child does not need the vaccines. 2.02 (1.1) 1.41 (0.8) 2.32 (1.4) 2.07 (1.2) 2.23 (1.3) 1.87 (1.1) <.001b

It is our obligations to protect girls, so only girls should be vaccinated. 1.52 (0.7) 1.30 (0.6) 2.39 (1.4) 2.75 (1.4) 2.14 (1.3) 2.32 (1.4) .09b

Girls won’t have kids if they are vaccinated. 3.98 (0.6) 4.08 (1) 2.25 (1.2) 2.05 (1.1) 2.78 (1.3) 2.67 (1.4) .20b

It’s shameful to have my child vaccinated because people may think they’re already sexually active at this young age. 1.40 (0.6) 1.17 (0.4) 2.31 (1.4) 1.99 (1.1) 2.05 (1.3) 1.76 (1) .001b
Attitude composite scorea (n=164), mean (SD) 2.12 (0.4) 1.84 (0.4) 2.24 (0.9) 2.16 (0.8) 2.21 (0.8) 2.06 (0.7) .01b
Vaccination intention and (%) yes responses (n=164), n (%) 43 (86) 45 (90) 60 (52.6) 84 (73.7) 103 (62.8) 128 (79) <.001c

aScale range 1-5. Higher scores on the attitude composite indicate more negative attitudes toward HPV vaccination.

bPaired-sample t test (df=163).

cMcNemar test for paired proportions; n=164 pairs.