Table 3.

Comparison of belief items from pre-intervention and post-intervention surveys (n=33)

	Pre-intervention Mean (SD)	Post-intervention Mean (SD)	p
My female patients are at risk of getting an HPV infection at some point in their lives.	4.4 (0.6)	4.7 (0.5)	0.007
Cervical cancer is a serious threat to my female patients' health.	4.5 (0.5)	4.7 (0.5)	0.014
It is important to examine HPV self-testing as a potential cervical cancer screening strategy.	4.2 (0.6)	4.5 (0.5)	0.013
My female patients would be willing to use an HPV self-test at home by themselves.	3.4 (0.8)	3.8 (0.6)	<0.001
I am confident that I could talk with female patients about HPV self-testing.	4.4 (0.7)	4.5 (0.5)	0.700
I have the knowledge to talk with my female patients about HPV self-testing.	3.7 (0.9)	4.5 (0.6)	<0.001

Note. Table reports the mean and standard deviation for each belief item. All items used a 5-point response scale ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” (coded 1–5). The Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to make comparisons and produce the reported p-values.

SD = standard deviation, HPV = human papillomavirus.