Table 4 Knowledge about prevention of HPV infections and HPV vaccination among respondents to the self-administered online questionnaire and by profession (n = 289^a) – in decreasing order of % of correct answer among all participants

There is a vaccine against HPV (T)

88

2

10

99

83

79

 < .001

Getting vaccinated against HPV prone young girls to have sexual relationships (F)

88

1

11

97

83

85

 < .001

Cervical screening remains recommended among vaccinated women (T)

87

1

12

97

83

77

 < .001

HPV vaccine protects against virus which cause cancers (T)

76

5

19

93

72

58

 < .001

HPV vaccine is effective to prevent precancerous lesions of the cervix (T)

63

4

33

79

55

54

 < .001

After the first sexual intercourse, it’s too late to get vaccinated against HPV (F)

57

19

24

67

49

58

0.019

HPV vaccine is recommended for heterosexual boys (T)

56

9

35

81

42

46

 < .001

HPV vaccine is responsible for many side effects (F)

43

8

49

69

30

29

 < .001

HPV vaccine is recommended for MSM or bisexual boys until 26 years old (T)

33

7

60

51

24

23

 < .001

HPV vaccine can help eliminate an HPV infection that already exists (F)

32

13

55

49

21

29

 < .001

HPV vaccine protects against genital warts (T)

27

16

57

38

24

15

0.008

Condom protects against HPV infections (F)

21

60

19

24

15

29

0.061