Table 4.

Impact of lecture on comfort with HPV vaccine counseling (N = 256).

	Comfort with HPV vaccine counseling (15 items)*
Characteristics	Pretest (mean score)	Posttest (mean score)	Mean difference (95% CI)	p-value†
Overall	6.0	7.5	1.43 (0.75, 2.11)	0.0002
Age
<30	6.0	7.5	1.43 (0.74, 2.13)	0.0003
≥30	6.1	7.4	1.29 (−1.97, 4.54)	0.47
Gender
Female	6.2	7.5	1.32 (0.31, 2.34)	0.004
Male	5.9	7.4	1.51 (0.59, 2.43)	0.02
Race/ethnicity
White	6.0	6.8	0.79 (−0.19, 1.77)	0.15
Asian	6.0	8.9	2.85 (1.37, 4.33)	0.0002
Hispanic	5.1	7.2	2.09 (0.34, 3.85)	0.03
Black/African	7.0	6.9	−0.14 (−2.60, 2.32)	0.56
Other	7.9	8.0	0.06 (−2.28, 2.41)	0.93
HPV vaccine uptake
Yes	6.0	6.9	0.87 (−0.13, 1.87)	0.09
No	6.2	8.0	1.78 (0.62, 2.95)	0.01

CI = confidence interval.

*Mean scores calculated as an average of the total sum score (range = −15 to 15) for each participant on questions related to comfort with HPV vaccine counseling. Higher scores indicate greater readiness to counsel.

^†Wilcoxon signed rank test with two-sided test.