Table 2.
Survey questions regarding physician practices and preferences for educational materials for their male patients
| Question | Response Options | Total % choosing this response | % Pedsa choosing this response | % FMb choosing this response | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you provide your male patients/parents of male patients with educational materials about HPV vaccination? (mark one) | Yes | 59.1 | 83.6 | 37.4 | <0.0001 |
| No | 40.9 | 16.4 | 62.6 | ||
| At what point in time do you provide educational materials about HPV vaccination to patients? (mark all that apply)c | Before scheduled visit | 13.9 | 17.8 | 6.8 | 0.030 |
| During scheduled visit | 90.1 | 92.2 | 86.3 | 0.174 | |
| After scheduled visit | 25.2 | 27.1 | 21.9 | 0.413 | |
| What resources, if any, do you use to supplement your discussion of HPV vaccination with male patients/parents of male patients? (mark all that apply)c | American Academy of Pediatrics fact sheet for parents | 32.9 | 45.7 | 20.0 | <0.0001 |
| CDC fact sheet for parents | 55.5 | 70.2 | 40.7 | <0.0001 | |
| Other fact sheet | 10.0 | 13.2 | 6.7 | 0.057 | |
| Booklet or brochure | 18.3 | 24.5 | 12.0 | 0.005 | |
| Professional organization | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.002 | |
| A website | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.315 | |
| A video | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a | |
| Other resource | 6.3 | 3.3 | 9.3 | 0.035 | |
| I do not discuss HPV vaccination with male patients/parents | 14.6 | 4.0 | 25.3 | <0.0001 | |
| Regardless of whether you currently use materials, what is your preferred source for patient education materials regarding HPV vaccination? (mark all that apply)c | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 77.8 | 85.0 | 71.5 | 0.004 |
| Professional organization (AAFP, AAP) | 59.1 | 57.5 | 60.5 | 0.589 | |
| Pharmaceutical company | 15.4 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 0.868 | |
| Developed by my practice | 4.9 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 0.205 | |
| Other | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 0.875 | |
| Regardless of whether you currently use materials, what is your preferred medium of patient education materials regarding HPV vaccination? (mark all that apply)c | Fact sheet | 76.3 | 85.6 | 68.0 | <0.0001 |
| Booklet | 22.2 | 25.5 | 19.2 | 0.172 | |
| Brochure | 37.5 | 35.3 | 39.5 | 0.431 | |
| Video | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.702 | |
| Website | 22.2 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 0.811 | |
| Other | 4.9 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 0.075 | |
| When providing educational materials regarding HPV vaccination for your male patients and/or their parents, would you prefer that these materials be targeted to any of the following? (mark all that apply)c | Targeted for male patients | 74.8 | 83.9 | 92.3 | 0.032 |
| Targeted for parents of male patients | 63.2 | 77.4 | 71.8 | 0.288 | |
| Targeted for Black patients | 15.8 | 15.4 | 28.8 | 0.013 | |
| Targeted for parents of Black patients | 12.5 | 13.7 | 21.2 | 0.129 | |
| Targeted for Hispanic patients | 16.1 | 15.5 | 28.9 | 0.013 | |
| Targeted for parents of Hispanic patients | 12.5 | 13.8 | 20.7 | 0.162 | |
| Targeted for White patients | 14.6 | 15.7 | 26.1 | 0.052 | |
| Targeted for parents of White patients | 12.5 | 14.8 | 20.9 | 0.228 | |
| Targeted for 11–12 year old patients | 46.8 | 65.6 | 57.6 | 0.193 | |
| Targeted for parents of 11–12 year old patients | 46.5 | 61.1 | 61.9 | 0.898 | |
| Targeted for 13–17 year old patients | 55.6 | 74.6 | 65.6 | 0.110 | |
| Targeted for parents of 13–17 year old patients | 51.1 | 67.4 | 61.5 | 0.319 | |
| Targeted for 18–21 year old patients | 59.3 | 74.6 | 80.6 | 0.251 | |
| Targeted for parents of 18–21 year old patients | 39.5 | 56.6 | 47.3 | 0.142 | |
| I prefer non-targeted materials | 20.7 | 39.5 | 34.0 | 0.435 | |
| I prefer evidence-based materials | 43.2 | 77.9 | 75.0 | 0.642 |
a
Pediatricians
b
Family Medicine
c
Due to missing data in questions that allowed participants to select more than one response, the categories do not always add up to 100% Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05)