Table 2.
Awareness of and attitudes toward HPV infection and vaccination: the 2007 and 2016 surveys
| Variable | Overall |
p-valuea) | Men |
p-valuea) | Women |
p-valuea) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2016 | 2007 | 2016 | 2007 | 2016 | ||||
| [Awareness] Did you know that cervical cancer is related to HPV infection? | |||||||||
| No | 867 (86.7) | 770 (64.2) | 459 (92.5) | 424 (71.4) | 408 (80.9) | 346 (57.1) | |||
| Yes | 133 (13.3) | 430 (35.8) | < 0.001 | 37 (7.5) | 170 (28.6) | < 0.001 | 96 (19.1) | 260 (42.9) | < 0.001 |
| [Awareness] Did you know that cervical cancer can be prevented by HPV vaccination? | |||||||||
| No | 914 (91.4) | 757 (63.1) | 471 (95.0) | 431 (72.6) | 443 (87.9) | 326 (53.8) | |||
| Yes | 86 (8.6) | 443 (36.9) | < 0.001 | 25 (5.0) | 163 (27.4) | < 0.001 | 61 (12.1) | 280 (46.2) | < 0.001 |
| [Perceived susceptibility] Do you think you can be easily infected with HPV? | |||||||||
| No | 282 (28.2) | 504 (42.0) | 149 (30.0) | 263 (44.3) | 133 (26.4) | 241 (39.8) | |||
| Yes | 195 (19.5) | 308 (25.7) | 86 (17.3) | 98 (16.5) | 109 (21.6) | 210 (34.6) | |||
| Do not know | 523 (52.3) | 388 (32.3) | < 0.001 | 261 (52.6) | 233 (39.2) | < 0.001 | 262 (52.0) | 155 (25.6) | < 0.001 |
| [Perceived seriousness] Do you think HPV infection is a serious disease? | |||||||||
| No | 80 (8.0) | 284 (23.7) | 40 (8.1) | 148 (24.9) | 40 (7.9) | 136 (22.4) | |||
| Yes | 325 (32.5) | 469 (39.1) | 126 (25.4) | 193 (32.5) | 199 (39.5) | 276 (45.5) | |||
| Do not know | 595 (59.5) | 447 (37.3) | < 0.001 | 330 (66.5) | 253 (42.6) | < 0.001 | 265 (52.6) | 194 (32.0) | < 0.001 |
| [Perceived benefits] Would you be vaccinated against HPV if HPV infection is preventable? | |||||||||
| No | 167 (16.7) | 348 (30.9) | 71 (14.3) | 175 (30.5) | 96 (19.0) | 173 (31.3) | |||
| Yes | 550 (55.0) | 291 (25.8) | 275 (55.4) | 144 (25.1) | 275 (54.6) | 147 (26.6) | |||
| Uncertain | 283 (28.3) | 488 (43.3) | < 0.001 | 150 (30.2) | 255 (44.4) | < 0.001 | 133 (26.4) | 233 (42.1) | < 0.001 |
| [Perceived benefits] If HPV infection is preventable, would you vaccinate your daughter against HPV? | |||||||||
| No | 46 (4.6) | 115 (9.6) | 28 (5.6) | 58 (9.8) | 18 (3.6) | 57 (9.4) | |||
| Yes | 770 (77.0) | 834 (69.5) | 374 (75.4) | 391 (65.8) | 396 (78.6) | 443 (73.1) | |||
| Already vaccinated | 32 (2.7) | 9 (1.5) | 23 (3.8) | ||||||
| Will vaccinated | 802 (66.8) | 382 (64.3) | 420 (69.3) | ||||||
| Uncertain | 184 (18.4) | 251 (20.9) | < 0.001 | 94 (19.0) | 145 (24.4) | 0.001 | 90 (17.9) | 106 (17.5) | 0.001 |
| [Perceived benefits] If HPV infection is preventable, would you vaccinate your son against HPV for your future daughter-in-law? | |||||||||
| No | 56 (5.6) | 159 (13.3) | 29 (5.8) | 79 (13.3) | 27 (5.4) | 80 (13.2) | |||
| Yes | 732 (73.2) | 702 (58.5) | 352 (71.0) | 341 (57.4) | 380 (75.4) | 361 (59.6) | |||
| Already vaccinated | 10 (0.8) | 4 (0.7) | 6 (1.0) | ||||||
| Will vaccinated | 692 (57.7) | 337 (56.7) | 355 (58.6) | ||||||
| Uncertain | 212 (21.2) | 339 (28.3) | < 0.001 | 115 (23.2) | 174 (29.3) | < 0.001 | 97 (19.2) | 165 (27.2) | < 0.001 |
| [Awareness] Did you know that free HPV vaccination is available for girls ages 11-12 by a national immunization program in 2016? | |||||||||
| No | 995 (82.9) | 522 (87.9) | 473 (78.0) | ||||||
| Yes | 205 (17.1) | 72 (12.1) | 133 (22.0) | ||||||
Values are presented as number (%). HPV, human papillomavirus.
a)
Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test, adjusted for age-group.