Table 2. Summary of Related Knowledge Among Medical Students (N = 1878).
| Questions* | Males (n = 595) | Females (n = 1260) | P | ||||
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||
| Have you ever heard of HPV (yes)? a | 1436 | 76.5 | 441 | 74.1 | 982 | 77.9 | 0.07 |
| Is persistent HPV infection the necessary cause of cervical cancer (yes)? b | 271 | 14.4 | 87 | 14.6 | 178 | 14.1 | 0.776 |
| Can cervical cancer be cured (yes, only early cancer or precursor lesions)? c | 898 | 47.8 | 264 | 44.4 | 624 | 49.5 | 0.038 |
| Can cervical cancer be prevented by HPV vaccines (yes)? d | 916 | 48.8 | 269 | 45.2 | 636 | 50.5 | 0.03 |
| Is there any HPV vaccine available for cervical cancer, penile cancer, anal cancer, and genital warts, globally (yes)? e | 544 | 29 | 147 | 24.7 | 390 | 31 | 0.01 |
| Can cervical cancer be prevented by screening (yes)? f | 1485 | 80.1 | 422 | 72.5 | 1046 | 83.7 | <0.001 |
| Do women who have already been vaccinated require cervical cancer screening (yes)? g | 1364 | 72.6 | 376 | 63.2 | 976 | 77.5 | <0.001 |
*The correct answer is stated in parentheses;
a, b, c, d, e, f, g
Gender data were missing for 13, 6, 10, 11, 7, 17, and 12 students who gave a correct answer to each of these questions;
f
24 students did not answer this question.