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Table 2 Knowledge about HPV among respondents to the self-administered online questionnaire and by profession (n = 295a) – in decreasing order of % of correct answer among all participants

From: Promoting HPV vaccination at school: a mixed methods study exploring knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of French school staff

 

All participants (%)

Nurses (%)

Teachers (%)

Support staff (%)

pb

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

  1. F false, T  true
  2. aMissing data: n = 6
  3. bChi2 or exact Fisher test