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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2018 Apr 4;36(19):2637–2642. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.03.060

Table 4.

Vaccination behaviors by individual HPV Vaccine Communication Satisfaction Scale items.

Initial refusal/delay Series initiation (≥1 dose) Series continuation (≥2 doses)
N (%) n/N (%) P n/N (%) P n/N (%) P
Gave clear message
 Disagree/Neither 151 (19) 116/151 (77) < .001 86/151 (57) < .001 33/86 (38) < .001
 Somewhat agree 247 (31) 161/247 (65) 156/247 (63) 88/156 (56)
 Strongly agree 397 (50) 217/397 (55) 308/397 (78) 213/308 (69)
Spent right amount of time
 Disagree/Neither 173 (22) 125/173 (72) < .001 106/173 (61) < .001 46/106 (43) .001
 Somewhat agree 246 (31) 158/246 (64) 150/246 (61) 90/150 (60)
 Strongly agree 376 (47) 211/376 (56) 294/376 (78) 198/294 (67)
Addressed concerns
 Disagree/Neither 194 (24) 141/194 (73) < .001 110/194 (57) < .001 49/110 (45) < .001
 Somewhat agree 211 (27) 138/211 (65) 129/211 (61) 73/129 (57)
 Strongly agree 215 (49) 215/390 (55) 311/390 (80) 212/311 (68)
Gave chance to ask questions
 Disagree/Neither 81 (10) 57/81 (70) .005 49/81 (60) < .001 20/49 (41) < .001
 Somewhat agree 200 (25) 139/200 (70) 118/200 (59) 60/118 (51)
 Strongly agree 514 (65) 298/514 (58) 383/514 (75) 254/383 (66)
Used easy to understand language
 Disagree/Neither 80 (10) 56/80 (70) .02 53/80 (66) .001 19/53 (36) < .001
 Somewhat agree 184 (23) 126/184 (68) 108/184 (59) 60/108 (56)
 Strongly agree 531 (67) 312/531 (59) 389/531 (73) 255/389 (66)
Discussed scheduling all shots
 Disagree/Neither 163 (21) 125/163 (77) < .001 83/163 (51) < .001 29/83 (35) < .001
 Somewhat agree 170 (21) 110/170 (65) 108/170 (64) 48/108 (44)
 Strongly agree 462 (58) 259/462 (56) 359/462 (78) 257/359 (72)
Parent overall satisfied
 Disagree/Neither 145 (18) 110/145 (76) < .001 77/145 (53) < .001 29/77 (38) < .001
 Somewhat agree 192 (24) 130/192 (68) 115/192 (60) 60/115 (52)
 Strongly agree 458 (58) 254/458 (55) 358/458 (78) 245/358 (68)

Note: Table shows Pearson chi-square associations with HPV vaccination behaviors: initial refusal/delay (n=795), initiation (n=795), and receipt of ≥2 doses (n=550 initiators). For each item in the HPV Vaccine Communication Satisfaction Scale, responses were categorized as disagree/neither (1.0–3.9), somewhat agree (4–4.9), and strongly agree (5).