Table 2.
Attitude on HPV infection, HPV prevention and HPV vaccine
| Agree/strongly agree | p value | |
|---|---|---|
| Cervical cancer is a severe disease | 241 (88.2) | 0.094 |
| Cervical cancer is preventable | 173 (63.3) | 0.306 |
| I am susceptible to HPV infection | 70 (25.6) | 0.378 |
| HPV vaccine is helpful to prevent cervical cancer | 215 (78.7) | 0.237 |
| HPV vaccine is safe | 177 (64.8) | 0.037 |
| There is less risk involved in being vaccinated than in having HPV infection | 195 (71.4) | 0.004 |
| HPV vaccination will not lead to complicated sexual activities. | 100 (36.6) | 0.078 |
| Vaccinating young people against HPV would not encourage them to become sexually active | 80 (29.3) | 0.072 |
| I would not want my children to be infected with HPV | 248 (90.3) | 0.457 |
| Information on HPV helps me to decide whether my children should be vaccinated against HPV | 239 (87.5) | 0.436 |
| If my doctor thinks HPV vaccination is a good idea, I would have my children vaccinated against HPV | 230 (84.2) | 0.401 |
| I would have vaccinated against HPV if the vaccination was freely available | 229 (83.8) | 0.027 |
| I would pay for my children to get vaccinated as compared to myself | 239 (87.5) | 0.033 |
| I wish my government bares the cost of HPV vaccines | 208 (76.1) | 0.010 |
| Mean attitude score (SD) | 34.80 (0.51) | 0.05 |