Table 4.
Significant parental attitude differences by HPV vaccination specific knowledge scores.
| Unvaccinated daughters (n = 73) |
Vaccinated daughters (n = 106) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attitudes | HPV knowledge score | Agreement (%)a |
p-Valueb |
Attitudes | HPV knowledge score | Agreement (%)a |
p-Valueb | ||||
| Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree | Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree | ||||||
| I would want to be on the safe side and vaccinate my daughter | 0–2 | 0.0 | 72.7 | 27.3 | < 0.001 | Although my daughter has had the HPV vaccination, she may one day be at risk of getting HPV | 0–2 | 11.1 | 66.7 | 22.2 | 0.044 |
| 3–4 | 32.4 | 23.5 | 44.1 | 3–4 | 14.9 | 23.4 | 61.7 | ||||
| 5 + | 11.1 | 14.8 | 74.1 | 5 + | 4.0 | 34.0 | 62.0 | ||||
| Although my daughter has had the HPV vaccination, it is still possible that she may get HPV in the future | 0–2 | 11.1 | 77.8 | 11.1 | 0.023 | ||||||
| 3–4 | 8.5 | 38.3 | 53.2 | ||||||||
| 5 + | 0.0 | 38.0 | 62.0 | ||||||||
a
Row percentages reported for comparison across knowledge levels.
b
Pearson chi-square test used.