All participants (%) | Nurses (%) | Teachers (%) | Support staff (%) | pb | |||
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Item | Correct answer | Incorrect answer | Unsure | Correct answer | Correct answer | Correct answer | |
HPV is a sexually transmitted virus (T) | 83 | 4 | 13 | 98 | 76 | 75 | < .001 |
HPV also concerns boys and men (T) | 79 | 7 | 14 | 94 | 71 | 68 | < .001 |
Different types of HPV exist; only some of them cause cancers (T) | 63 | 3 | 34 | 83 | 52 | 51 | < .001 |
HPV infection is always symptomatic (F) | 62 | 7 | 31 | 87 | 48 | 49 | < .001 |
More than half men and women are infected by HPV during their life course (T) | 47 | 7 | 46 | 70 | 34 | 38 | < .001 |
HPV causes genital warts (T) | 47 | 9 | 44 | 74 | 34 | 30 | < .001 |
Cervical cancer is due to a persistent HPV infection (T) | 38 | 47 | 15 | 37 | 33 | 51 | 0.068 |
HPV can also cause oral cancers (T) | 36 | 13 | 51 | 56 | 23 | 34 | < .001 |
Most HPV infections can be eliminated spontaneously by our immune system (T) | 28 | 24 | 48 | 40 | 21 | 25 | 0.005 |
There is no antiviral treatment against HPV infections (T) | 18 | 20 | 62 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 0.043 |