Table 1.
Comparison of Knowledge of Cervical Cancer, Human Papillomavirus and its Risk Factors
| Variable | Vaccinated | pa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 120) | Yes (N = 60) | ||
| Participants, n (%) | |||
| General knowledge | |||
| Heard of cervical cancer (yes) | 61 (50.8) | 58 (96.7) | <0.001 |
| Heard of HPV vaccine (yes) | 6 (5.0) | 56 (93.3) | <0.001 |
| HPV transmission | |||
| Sexual contact (correctly responded yes) | 6 (5.0) | 25 (41.7) | <0.001 |
| Blood transfusion (incorrectly responded yes) | 6 (5.0) | 8 (13.3) | 0.074 |
| Don't know | 108 (90.0) | 27 (45.0) | <0.001 |
| Cervical cancer risk factorsb | |||
| Early sexual debut (correctly responded yes) | 85 (70.8) | 56 (93.3) | 0.001 |
| Smoking (correctly responded yes) | 62 (51.7) | 33 (55.0) | 0.792 |
| Multiple sexual partners (correctly responded yes) | 90 (75.0) | 49 (81.7) | 0.414 |
| Male partner with multiple partners (correctly responded yes) | 101 (84.2) | 49 (81.7) | 0.832 |
a
Significance is at p ≤ 0.05.
b
Correctly answered yes.