Table 4. Comparison of awareness according to educational level.
Clubs | Non clinical (control) | Clinical (test) | P value | ||
frequency | % | frequency | % | ||
Awareness regarding | |||||
1. preventable nature of cervical cancer | 278 | 81.5 | 246 | 88.8 | 0.012* |
2. etiology of cervical cancer | 282 | 82.7 | 269 | 97.1 | <0.001* |
3. availability of vaccine | 245 | 71.8 | 222 | 80.1 | 0.017* |
4. target population for vaccination | 227 | 66.6 | 199 | 71.8 | 0.159 |
5. need to vaccinate men | 69 | 20.2 | 87 | 31.4 | 0.005* |
6. catch up program | 282 | 82.7 | 227 | 81.9 | 0.808 |
7. vaccine dosage | 128 | 37.5 | 121 | 43.7 | 0.121 |
8. protective efficacy | 239 | 70.1 | 233 | 84.1 | <0.001* |
Three forty one (55.2%) had recently joined medical school, were studying preclinical subjects with bare minimum exposure to patients and clinical teaching. This group served as control group for our study to evaluate the contribution of medical education, in practical issues like cervical cancer prevention.