Table 3.
Reasons for Willing and Unwilling to Be Vaccinated and Accepted Cost
| Item | Medical Staff a(A) N=146 | Medical Student (B)N=102 | Community Population (C) N=1001 | P(A,B,C) | P(A,B) | P(A,C) | P(B,C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willing to take the HPV vaccine | 134(91.8) | 92(90.2) | 838(83.7) | 0.012 | 0.821 | 0.013 | 0.114 |
| Reasons for unwilling to be vaccinated | 12(8.2) | 10(9.8) | 163(16.3) | <0.001b | 0.073b,c | <0.001b,c | <0.001b,c |
| I do not have risk | 4/12 | 4/10 | 51/163 | ||||
| Do not think vaccination works | 1/12 | 2/10 | 19/163 | ||||
| It has not been widely used | 5/12 | 2/10 | 112/163 | ||||
| Vaccination causes risks | 6/12 | 1/10 | 58/163 | ||||
| Doubts on the source | 6/12 | 0/10 | 27/163 | ||||
| The vaccine is expensive | 4/12 | 8/10 | / | ||||
| The process of vaccination is cumbersome | 3/12 | 2/10 | / | ||||
| Reasons for willing to be vaccinated | 134(91.8) | 92(90.2) | 838(83.7) | <0.001 | 0.076c | <0.001c | 0.004c |
| Self benefit | 118/134 | 78/92 | 671/838 | ||||
| Fear of infecting HPV | 69/134 | 53/92 | 391/838 | ||||
| Fear of cervical cancer in yourself/your partner | 70/134 | 40/92 | 393/838 | ||||
| Fear of having genital warts | 40/134 | 26/92 | 222/838 | ||||
| Accepted costs (3 does) | 146(100.0) | 102(100.0) | 1001(100.0) | <0.001 | 0.264 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| <¥200 | 26/146 | 21/102 | 416/1001 | ||||
| ¥200-500 | 46/146 | 38/102 | 382/1001 | ||||
| ¥500-1000 | 41/146 | 30/102 | 126/1001 | ||||
| >¥1000 | 33/146 | 13/102 | 77/1001 |
Notes: aMedical staff include doctors, nurses, pathologists, pharmacists, radiologists and laboratory physicians. bMore than 20% of cells in this subtable have expected cell counts less than 5. Chi-square results may be invalid. cLikelihood ratio for aChi-square test. Bold formatting means statistically significant (p<0.05).