Table 3.
Factors associated with HPV and HPV vaccine awareness
| Heard about HPV infection (n = 147) | Heard of HPV vaccine (n = 147) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | p value | n | (%) | p value | |
| Overall | 113 | 76.9 | – | 84 | 57.8 | – |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Age | 0.08 | 0.15 | ||||
| ≤35 | 66 | 82.5 | 50 | 62.5 | ||
| ≥36 | 47 | 70.6 | 34 | 50.8 | ||
| Education | 0.005 | 0.0002 | ||||
| No high school degree | 10 | 55.6 | 3 | 16.7 | ||
| High school graduate/no college degree | 40 | 70.2 | 31 | 54.4 | ||
| College degree or above | 63 | 87.5 | 50 | 69.4 | ||
| IBD type | 0.425 | 0.398 | ||||
| Crohn’s | 63 | 80.8 | 48 | 61.5 | ||
| Ulcerative colitis | 45 | 71.4 | 32 | 50.8 | ||
| Indeterminate colitis | 5 | 83.3 | 4 | 66.7 | ||
| Current smoking | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 4 | 80.0 | 3 | 60.0 | ||
| No | 109 | 76.8 | 81 | 57.0 | ||
| Civil status | 0.546 | 0.628 | ||||
| Single | 45 | 81.8 | 33 | 60.0 | ||
| Married/in romantic relationship | 54 | 74.0 | 42 | 57.5 | ||
| Divorced/widow | 14 | 73.7 | 9 | 47.4 | ||
| Employment status | 0.234 | 0.444 | ||||
| Employed | 46 | 83.6 | 35 | 63.6 | ||
| Unemployed | 51 | 70.8 | 39 | 54.2 | ||
| Student | 16 | 80.0 | 10 | 50.0 | ||
| Socioeconomic status | 0.561 | 0.071 | ||||
| <$24,000 | 62 | 74.7 | 46 | 55.4 | ||
| $25,000–$99,000 | 18 | 90.0 | 16 | 80.0 | ||
| >$100,000 | 15 | 79.0 | 12 | 63.2 | ||
| Unknown | 18 | 75.0 | 10 | 41.7 | ||
| Place of birth | 0.474 | 0.235 | ||||
| PR | 105 | 77.8 | 75 | 55.6 | ||
| USA | 8 | 66.7 | 9 | 75.0 | ||
| Parity (number of live births) | 0.491 | 0.219 | ||||
| 0 | 46 | 79.3 | 37 | 63.8 | ||
| 1–2 | 38 | 80.9 | 28 | 59.6 | ||
| ≥3 | 29 | 70.7 | 19 | 46.3 | ||
| Lifetime number of sexual partners | 0.882 | 0.657 | ||||
| 0 | 15 | 79.0 | 9 | 47.4 | ||
| 1–2 | 61 | 75.3 | 48 | 59.3 | ||
| ≥3 | 33 | 80.5 | 24 | 58.5 | ||
| Age of first coitus (years)a | 0.796 | 0.639 | ||||
| <16 | 20 | 80.0 | 15 | 60.0 | ||
| 16–21 | 44 | 77.2 | 31 | 54.4 | ||
| >21 | 32 | 72.7 | 28 | 63.6 | ||
| Abnormal Papb | 0.834 | 0.994 | ||||
| Yes | 21 | 77.8 | 16 | 59.3 | ||
| No | 69 | 75.8 | 54 | 59.3 | ||
| STD history | 0.069 | 0.559 | ||||
| Yes | 12 | 100.0 | 8 | 66.7 | ||
| No | 100 | 74.6 | 76 | 56.7 | ||
a n = 96; 17 patients either refused to answer or had no previous sexual relations
b n = 90; 23 patients with no previous Pap