Table 1 Awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine among study population
From: HPV knowledge and impact of genital warts on self esteem and sexual life in Colombian patients
HPV awareness | HPV vaccine awareness | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Total | Yes | % | p Value | Yes | % | p Value |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 106 | 53 | 50.0 | 28 | 26.4 | ||
Females | 155 | 76 | 49.0 | 0.87 | 75 | 48.4 | <0.01 |
Age | |||||||
18-24 | 105 | 48 | 45.7 | 40 | 48.1 | ||
25-34 | 117 | 62 | 53.0 | 48 | 41.0 | ||
35-44 | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 0.55 | 15 | 38.5 | 0.70 |
Civil Status | |||||||
Single | 174 | 87 | 50.0 | 68 | 39.1 | ||
Married | 53 | 31 | 58.5 | 24 | 45.3 | ||
Widow/Divorced | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 6 | 50.0 | ||
Cohabitation | 24 | 6 | 25.0 | 0.10 | 5 | 20.8 | 0.20 |
Education Level | |||||||
Primary | 17 | 3 | 17.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Secondary, High-school | 154 | 66 | 42.9 | 51 | 33.1 | ||
University | 61 | 40 | 65.6 | 36 | 59.0 | ||
Postgraduate | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | <0.01 | 16 | 55.2 | <0.01 |
Social security | |||||||
HMO-workers | 187 | 100 | 53.5 | 84 | 44.9 | ||
Subsidary | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 27.3 | ||
No Affiliation | 63 | 26 | 41.3 | 0.08 | 16 | 25.4 | 0.01 |
Genital Warts | |||||||
Incident | 245 | 119 | 48.6 | 95 | 38.8 | ||
Recurrent | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0.27 | 8 | 50.0 | 0.37 |
Life-time sexual partners | |||||||
1 to 4 | 125 | 59 | 47.2 | 59 | 47.2 | ||
5 to 9 | 77 | 38 | 49.4 | 27 | 35.1 | ||
10 or more | 59 | 32 | 54.2 | 0.36 | 17 | 28.8 | 0,03 |
Information Source | |||||||
Media (newspaper, TV, radio | 87 | 72 | 82.2 | 52 | 59.8 | ||
Friends, family | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 13 | 44.8 | ||
Health personnel | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 12 | 42.9 | ||
School, university | 18 | 14 | 77.8 | 9 | 50.0 | ||
Never heard | 92 | 3 | 3.3 | n/a | 14 | 15.2 | n/a |