Table 2. Attitude of medical students towards human papillomavirus.

HPV: human papillomavirus, SD: strongly disagree, D: disagree, N: neutral, A: agree, SA: strongly agree

	SD		D		N		A		SA
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%		N	%
1. Cervical cancer is a severe disease.	1	0.3%	5	1.6%	34	11.1%	121	39.5%		145	47.4%
2. Cervical cancer is preventable.	2	0.7%	17	5.6%	77	25.2%	114	37.3%		96	31.4%
3. HPV vaccine is helpful to prevent cervical cancer.	4	1.3%	10	3.3%	74	24.2%	116	37.9%		102	33.3%
4. I am susceptible to HPV infection.	71	23.2%	60	19.6%	95	31.0%	48	15.7%		32	10.5%
5. HPV vaccine is safe.	1	0.3%	10	3.3%	90	29.4%	117	38.2%		88	28.8%
6. There is less risk involved in being vaccinated than having HPV infection.	8	2.6%	11	3.6%	95	31.0%	106	34.6%		86	28.1%
7. HPV vaccination will not lead to complicated sexual activities.	17	5.6%	30	9.8%	93	30.4%	98	32.0%		68	22.2%
8. Vaccinating young people against HPV would not encourage them to become sexually active.	32	10.5%	60	19.6%	93	30.4%	72	23.5%		49	16.0%
9. I would not want my children to be infected with HPV.	5	1.6%	12	3.9%	50	16.3%	52	17.0%		187	61.1%
10.Information on HPV helps me to decide whether my children should be vaccinated against HPV	4	1.3%	12	3.9%	74	24.2%	85	27.8%		131	42.8%
11.If my doctor thinks HPV vaccination is a good idea, I would have my children vaccinated	5	1.6%	16	5.2%	72	23.5%	95	31.0%		118	38.6%
12. I would have vaccinated against HPV if the vaccination was freely available.	5	1.6%	23	7.5%	97	31.7%	83	27.1%		98	32.0%