Table 4.
Knowledge about different topics related to human papillomavirus before and after playing FightHPV. Self-reported knowledge scores ranging from 1 (very low) to 5 (very high) among 22 participants of focus group 2 who returned the questionnaire.
| Topics, scores | Scale | Median score (interquartile range) | P value (before vs after)a | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Epithelial cells | .001 | ||||||||
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Before | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 (1.00- 2.00) | —b | |
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After | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 (2.00-3.00) | — | |
| HPVc | .001 | ||||||||
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Before | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 (1.00-2.00) | — | |
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After | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2.00 (2.00-3.00) | — | |
| HPV vaccine | .006 | ||||||||
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Before | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 (1.00-2.00) | — | |
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After | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2.00 (2.00-3.75) | — | |
| HPV transmission | .006 | ||||||||
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Before | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 (1.00-2.00) | — | |
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After | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2.00 (2.00-3.00) | — | |
| Screening | .01 | ||||||||
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Before | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 (1.00-1.75) | — | |
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After | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 (1.00-2.00) | — | |
aOne-sided Wilcoxon signed rank test (N=22; 10 females, 12 males, all attending Ullern High School).
bNot applicable.
cHPV: human papillomavirus.