Tab. II.
Student's attitude (rate) to piercing and tattoo regarding: personal interest, generic and specific perception of risk of infection, infection problem solving.
| Piercing | Tattoo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| STUDENT'S ATTITUDE | |||||
| Does not want | 54.4 | 53.3 | 48.3# | 43.1# | |
| Do not like it | 26.1 | 21.9 | 26.3 | 23.1 | |
| May not | |||||
| Parents proibition | 47.1# | 54.6# | 33.3# | 46.3# | |
| Fear | 7.7 | 19.7 | 5.9 | 18.0 | |
| PERCEPTION OF RISK OF INFECTION | |||||
| Generic risk | |||||
| Yes | 77.7* | 83.6* | 77.7* | 83.7* | |
| No | 3.3 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | |
| Non responders | 19.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 14.9 | |
| Specific risk | |||||
| HIV | Yes | 52.4 | 54.8 | 50.2* | 60.7* |
| No | 35.5 | 34.9 | 37.4 | 28.3 | |
| Don't know | 12.1 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 11.0 | |
| Viral hepatitis | Yes | 45.4 | 46.9 | 44.8# | 49.9# |
| No | 39.8 | 39.4 | 40.0 | 35.9 | |
| Don't know | 14.7 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 14.2 | |
| Skin infections | Yes | 54.0# | 69.5# | 73.5* | 81.7* |
| No | 22.2 | 19.5 | 12.7 | 8.2 | |
| Don't know | 13.8 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 10.1 | |
| Infection problem solving | |||||
| Medical help | 28.4 | 35.6 | 42.9 | 41.7 | |
| Self-medication | 78.9 | 71.8 | 68.3 | 70.8 | |
*
p < 0.0001;
#
p < 0.005