Table 5.

Total score of parent’s awareness, knowledge and perception before and after structured-educational intervention

		Mean (SD)	Median	p
Awareness	Before	2.36 (1.21)	2	< 0.001
	After	3.00 (1.24)	4
Knowledge of HPV infection	Before	4.11 (3.80)	3	< 0.001
	After	7.65 (4.64)	10
Perception of HPV infection	Before	22.80 (7.03)	24	< 0.001
	After	24.79 (8.88)	27
Knowledge of cervical cancer	Before	1.14 (0.95)	1	< 0.001
	After	1.51 (0.99)	2
Perception of cervical cancer	Before	7.67 (2.47)	8	< 0.001
	After	8.03 (2.93)	9
Knowledge of HPV vaccination	Before	1.95 (1.48)	2	< 0.001
	After	3.05 (1.72)	3
Perception of HPV vaccination	Before	7.31 (2.57)	8	< 0.001
	After	7.81 (3.07)	9

Score of awareness ranged from 0 to 4, knowledge of HPV infection ranged from 0 to 14, perception of HPV infection ranged from 6 to 30, knowledge of cervical cancer ranged from 0 to 3, Perception of cervical cancer ranged from 2 to 10, knowledge of HPV infection ranged from 0 to 5, perception of HPV infection ranged 2–10