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. 2020 Dec 16;17(4):1033–1043. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1847583

Table 3.

Predictors of HPV vaccination

Variable Unadjusted Analyses
Adjusted Analysis
OR [95% CI] p-value OR [95% CI] p-value
Age
  Age ≤22 (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Age >22 0.37 [0.28, 0.47] <0.0001 0.94 [0.61, 1.44] 0.7792
Race
  White (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Black/African American 1.36 [1.02, 1.83] 0.0152 1.61 [0.98, 2.62] 0.0585
  Other 0.79 [0.50, 1.24] 0.0901 0.67 [0.32, 1.40] 0.2916
Received provider recommendation for HPV vaccine
  No (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Yes 13.76 [10.29, 18.41] <0.0001 4.99 [3.30, 7.53] <0.0001
  Not sure 0.31 [0.14, 0.70] 0.0049 0.14 [0.05, 0.38] 0.0001
Received parent recommendation for HPV vaccine
  No (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Yes 40.48 [27.60, 59.38] <0.0001 18.03 [11.14, 29.18] <0.0001
  Not sure 10.87 [6.55, 17.75] <0.0001 8.72 [4.51, 16.86] <0.0001
Have a Primary Care Provider (PCP)
  No (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Yes 1.33 [1.05, 1.69] 0.0186 0.94 [0.62, 1.42] 0.7534
Frequency of visits to PCP
  <1/year (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  1 per year 1.51 [1.07, 2.12] 0.0183 1.03 [0.58, 1.86] 0.9108
  2–3 per year 1.53 [1.13, 2.06] 0.0057 1.06 [0.63, 1.78] 0.8271
  4+ per year 1.33 [0.86, 2.05] 0.2007 0.74 [0.35, 1.54] 0.4194
Received Flu Vaccination
  No (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Yes 1.79 [1.42, 2.26] <0.0001 1.49 [1.01, 2.20] 0.0471
Influence of doctor encouragement on getting HPV vaccine
  No change/Less likely (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  More likely 4.97 [3.71, 6.66] <0.0001 1.92 [1.20, 3.06] 0.0064
Many of my friends have received the HPV vaccination
  Disagree (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Agree 10.11 [6.39, 15.99] <0.0001 2.25 [1.08, 4.70] 0.0314
  Don’t know/Not sure 3.41 [2.31, 5.04] <0.0001 2.38 [1.27, 4.44] 0.0067
It is important to me that my partner/significant other has received the HPV vaccine
  Disagree (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Agree 8.34 [6.07, 11.46] <0.0001 2.85 [1.73, 4.69] <0.0001
  Don’t know/Not sure 1.74 [1.30, 2.34] 0.0002 1.24 [0.77, 1.99] 0.3720
HPV vaccine is so new that I want to wait a while before receiving it
  Neutral (ref) 1.00   1.00  
  Agree 0.23 [0.14, 0.37] <0.0001 0.19 [0.09, 0.37] <0.0001
  Disagree 3.73 [2.84, 4.90] <0.0001 1.84 [1.18, 2.88] 0.0076