Table 3.
Paediatricians’ approaches to discussing the HPV vaccine, stratified by whether or not they would encourage the vaccine for all eligible patients.
Which of the following best summarizes how you would likely discuss the HPV vaccine? | All respondents (N = 332),*,† n (%) | Those who will recommend the vaccine for all of their patients (N = 290), n (%)† | Those who will recommend the vaccine for some/none of patients (N = 40), n (%)† |
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I will not encourage the vaccine at this time | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | 1 (3) |
I will recommend the vaccine and try to persuade those who are reluctant | 247 (74) | 232 (80) | 15 (38) |
I will offer the vaccine, but I will not try to persuade one way or the other | 52 (16) | 32 (11) | 18 (45) |
I will not promote the vaccine, but if asked, I will discuss it and provide it | 6 (2) | 2 (1) | 4 (10) |
I will not promote the vaccine, but if asked, I will refer to another physician or practice | 1 (<1) | 1 (<1) | 0 (0) |
I will not promote the vaccine, and if asked, I will try to discourage its use | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Other | 22 (7) | 20 (7) | 2 (5) |
P<0.001 (χ2) for this comparison (differences in discussion strategies by differences in recommendations).
N counts do not all sum to the total due to partial non-response.
Percentages do not add up to 100 due to rounding error.