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. 2015 Mar 18;1(1):e2. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.3310

Table 6.

Topics covered by the HPV vaccination articles before and after Bachmann’s comment.

Topics Before (n=75) After (n=125) χ2 df P
Freq. % Freq. %
Protection against diseases 67 89.3 97 77.6 4.372a 1 .04
Vaccine eligibility for females 63 84.0 88 70.4 4.687a 1 .03
Side effects 44 58.7 74 59.2 0.006 1 .94
Duration 43 57.3 46 36.8 8.002a 1 .005
Dosing 39 52.0 33 26.4 13.333a 1 <.001
Vaccine efficacy 37 49.3 55 44.0 0.537 1 .46
Vaccine cost 21 28.0 41 32.8 0.505 1 .48
Politics 19 25.3 54 43.2 6.456b 1 .01
Vaccine eligibility for males 14 18.7 44 35.2 6.223b 1 .01

aCovered more often by the articles published before the Bachmann’s comment (P<.05).

bCovered more often by the articles published after Bachmann’s comment (P<.05).