Table 6. Logistic regression analysis of acceptability of HPV vaccines and cervical cancer screening among medical students.
| Acceptability of vaccination (N = 1768) | Acceptance of cancer screening (N = 1740) | ||||||
| Subjects in analysis | n (%) | OR (95% CI)# | Subjects in analysis | n (%) | OR (95% CI)# | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 563 | 282 (50.1) | 1 | 546 | 294 (53.8) | 1 | |
| Female | 1205 | 788 (65.4) | 1.86 (1.47–2.35) | 1194 | 952 (79.7) | 3.69 (2.88–4.74) | |
| Overall P<0.001 | Overall P<0.001 | ||||||
| Grade | |||||||
| 1 | 216 | 120 (55.6) | 1 | 209 | 143 (68.4) | 1 | |
| 2 | 636 | 345 (54.2) | 0.68 (0.48–0.96) | 622 | 424 (68.2) | 0.76 (0.52–1.10) | |
| 3 | 665 | 443 (66.6) | 0.76 (0.52–1.10) | 660 | 481 (72.9) | 0.60 (0.39–0.90) | |
| 4 | 195 | 126 (64.6) | 0.80 (0.44–1.48) | 193 | 154 (79.8) | 0.92 (0.46–1.83) | |
| 5 | 56 | 36 (64.3) | 0.57 (0.25–1.32) | 56 | 44 (78.6) | 0.57 (0.22–1.50) | |
| Overall P = 0.218 | Overall P = 0.091 | ||||||
| Major | |||||||
| Clinical | 765 | 487 (63.7) | 1 | 751 | 549 (73.1) | 1 | |
| Non-clinical | 1003 | 583 (58.1) | 0.90 (0.70–1.14) | 989 | 697 (70.5) | 0.74 (0.56–0.96) | |
| Overall P = 0.376 | Overall P = 0.025 | ||||||
| Clinical internship | |||||||
| Yes | 269 | 171 (63.6) | 1 | 267 | 212 (79.4) | 1 | |
| No | 1499 | 899 (60.0) | 0.95 (0.57–1.59) | 1473 | 1034 (70.2) | 0.67 (0.37–1.20) | |
| Overall P = 0.854 | Overall P = 0.180 | ||||||
| Attitude towards premarital sexual behavior | |||||||
| Positive | 264 | 154 (58.3) | 1 | 260 | 170 (65.4) | 1 | |
| Neutral | 907 | 593 (65.4) | 0.95 (0.69–1.30) | 893 | 696 (77.9) | 1.24 (0.89–1.74) | |
| Negative | 427 | 241 (56.4) | 0.67 (0.47–0.96) | 421 | 291 (69.1) | 0.68 (0.47–1.00) | |
| Uncertain | 170 | 82 (48.2) | 0.59 (0.38–0.91) | 166 | 89 (53.6) | 0.42 (0.27–0.66) | |
| Overall P = 0.006 | Overall P<0.001 | ||||||
| Level of related knowledge a | |||||||
| 0–1 | 238 | 58 (24.4) | 1 | 232 | 95 (40.9) | 1 | |
| 2–3 | 507 | 248 (48.9) | 2.86 (2.01–4.06) | 499 | 344 (68.9) | 2.94 (2.08–4.16) | |
| 4–5 | 736 | 530 (72.0) | 7.50 (5.28–10.67) | 726 | 569 (78.4) | 4.59 (3.24–6.49) | |
| 6–7 | 287 | 234 (81.5) | 12.80 (8.23–19.89) | 283 | 238 (84.1) | 6.90 (4.40–10.84) | |
| Overall P<0.001 | Overall P<0.001 | ||||||
#
adjusted for other variables in the table;
a
The level of HPV related knowledge was represented by a summary score, and 1 score was given only if a right answer was given for one of the 7 selected questions in Table 2.