Table 1.
Rarely or never
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Sometimes to alwaysa
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Otherb
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n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Practices discouraged by guidelinesc | ||||||
Use an HPV test to determine who should receive HPV vaccine? (n = 96) | 80 | 83 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Perform Pap to determine who should receive the HPV vaccine? (n = 96) | 85 | 89 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Use number of sexual partners to determine who should get the HPV vaccine? (n = 95) | 59 | 62 | 31 | 33 | 5 | 5 |
Guideline-consistent practicesd | ||||||
Recommend HPV vaccine to females with history of abnormal Pap test result? (n = 93) | 12 | 13 | 74 | 79 | 7 | 8 |
Recommend HPV vaccine to females with positive HPV test? (n = 94) | 20 | 21 | 68 | 73 | 6 | 6 |
“Sometimes”, “Usually”, and “Always or almost always” responses collapsed.
“Unknown”, “Not applicable”, and “Do not ask” responses collapsed.
According to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [5,7].
Unable to determine age range for these female patients; practices acceptable according to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [5].