Table 4.
Vaccination willingness of MSM with different perceptions of condyloma acuminata and HPV/CA vaccines.
| Variable | N | % | Willing to be vaccinated |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | P | |||
| Perceptions of CA | ||||
| Ever heard of CA | <0.001 | |||
| No | 153 | 17.0 | 95 (62.1%) | |
| Yes | 749 | 83.0 | 673 (89.9%) | |
| Know the route of CA transmission | <0.001 | |||
| No | 372 | 41.2 | 282 (75.8%) | |
| Yes | 530 | 58.8 | 486 (91.7%) | |
| Know the symptoms of CA | <0.001 | |||
| No | 363 | 40.2 | 271 (74.7%) | |
| Yes | 539 | 59.8 | 497 (92.2%) | |
| Know the endangerments of CA | <0.001 | |||
| No | 405 | 44.9 | 320 (79%) | |
| Yes | 497 | 55.1 | 448 (90.1%) | |
| Know the treatments of CA | <0.001 | |||
| No | 580 | 64.3 | 465 (80.2%) | |
| Yes | 322 | 35.7 | 303 (94.1%) | |
| Perceptions of HPV/CA vaccines | ||||
| Ever heard of HPV vaccine/cervical cancer vaccine? | <0.001 | |||
| No | 397 | 44.0 | 304 (76.6%) | |
| Yes | 505 | 56.0 | 464 (91.9%) | |
| Can the HPV/CA vaccine prevent CA? † | 0.059 | |||
| No | 73 | 14.5 | 63 (86.3%) | |
| Yes | 432 | 85.5 | 401 (92.8%) | |
| Do you think the HPV/CA vaccine is safe? † | <0.001 | |||
| Not very safe/not safe | 71 | 7.9 | 49 (69%) | |
| Neutral | 259 | 28.7 | 215 (83%) | |
| Very safe/safe | 371 | 41.1 | 351 (94.6%) | |
| Uncertain | 201 | 22.3 | 153 (76.1%) | |
| Do you think the HPV/CA vaccine is effective in preventing CA? † | <0.001 | |||
| Not very efficacious/not efficacious | 28 | 3.1 | 19 (67.9%) | |
| Neutral | 215 | 23.8 | 179 (83.3%) | |
| Very efficacious/efficacious | 483 | 53.6 | 444 (91.9%) | |
| Uncertain | 176 | 19.5 | 126 (71.6%) | |
†Statistics were calculated based on 505 MSM who had ever heard of HPV or cervical cancer vaccines. CA: condyloma acuminata.