Table 2.
Information about HPV vaccination among STIs clinic users by HPV vaccine campaign targets in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy.
| Women ≤ 30 yo a | MSM b | PLHIV c | Transgender | Not Target | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | |||||||
| Worry about getting HPV infection (n = 229) |
Not worried | 3 (9.1) | 9 (11.2) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (16.8) | 30 (13.1) |
| A little worried | 10 (30.3) | 25 (31.3) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (40.0) | 38 (35.5) | 77 (33.6) | |
| Quite worried | 13 (39.4) | 39 (48.7) | 6 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | 40 (37.4) | 95 (41.5) | |
| Very worried | 7 (21.2) | 7 (8.8) | 4 (26.6) | 1 (20.0) | 11 (10.3) | 27 (11.8) | |
| Perception of the safety of HPV vaccine (n = 201) |
Very unsafe | 1 (3.3) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 6 (3.0) |
| Quite unsafe | 0 (0.0) | 5 (7.1) | 2 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (6.7) | 11 (5.5) | |
| Quite safe | 15 (50.0) | 33 (47.1) | 8 (57.1) | 5 (83.3) | 58 (64.4) | 112 (55.7) | |
| Very safe | 14 (46.7) | 30 (42.9) | 2 (14.3) | 1 (16.7) | 25 (27.8) | 72 (35.8) | |
| Perception of how easy it is to access healthcare facilities to obtain an HPV vaccine (n = 211) |
Very difficult | 0 (0.0) | 6 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 7 (7.5) | 15 (7.1) |
| Quite difficult | 2 (6.2) | 11 (14.9) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (16.7) | 12 (12.9) | 25 (11.9) | |
| Quite easy | 20 (62.5) | 41 (55.4) | 9 (64.3) | 4 (66.6) | 55 (59.1) | 122 (57.8) | |
| Very easy | 10 (31.3) | 16 (21.6) | 4 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (20.4) | 49 (23.2) | |
| Perception of the affordability of HPV vaccines (n = 205) |
Not at all affordable | 1 (3.1) | 4 (5.6) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (33.3) | 8 (8.9) | 16 (7.8) |
| Little affordable | 3 (9.4) | 9 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 22 (24.4) | 34 (16.6) | |
| Quite affordable | 18 (56.2) | 35 (48.6) | 4 (30.8) | 3 (50.0) | 46 (51.1) | 103 (50.2) | |
| Very affordable | 10 (31.3) | 24 (33.3) | 7 (53.8) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (15.6) | 52 (25.4) | |
| Knowledge of vaccine campaign targets in ER (n = 228) |
Yes | 21 (65.6) | 37 (47.4) | 5 (35.7) | 2 (33.3) | 82 (76.6) | 144 (63.2) |
| No | 11 (34.4) | 41 (52.6) | 9 (64.3) | 4 (66.7) | 25 (23.4) | 84 (36.8) | |
| Vaccine uptake | Yes | 24 (72.7) | 33 (41.3) | 9 (60.0) | 3 (60.0) | 17 (15.6) | 177 (33.3) |
| No | 7 (21.2) | 43 (53.7) | 4 (26.7) | 1 (20.0) | 73 (67.0) | 126 (54.6) | |
| Do not know/remember | 2 (6.1) | 4 (5.0) | 2 (13.3) | 1 (20.0) | 19 (17.4) | 28 (12.1) | |
a The abbreviation “yo” stands for “years old”. b “Men who have sex with men”. c “People living with HIV”.