Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian University Students toward Genital Warts

Table 1

Comparison of students’ general knowledge, predisposing factors of cervical cancer, and transmission routes and contributing factors stratified by their demographic characteristics.

Variables		Inadequate n (%)	Moderate n (%)	Favorable n (%)	value
General knowledge
Age (years)					0.31
	<25	7 (2.5)	24 (8.7)	245 (88.8)
	≥25	0	10 (9.2)	99 (90.8)
Sex					0.72
	Male	3 (2.1)	14 (10)	123 (87.9)
	Female	4 (1.6)	20 (8.2)	221 (90.2)
Field of study					<0.001
	Medicine	0	14 (6.2)	213 (93.8)
	Nursing	6 (7)	11 (12.8)	69 (80.2)
	Midwifery	1 (3.6)	9 (32.1)	18 (64.3)
	Laboratory sciences	0	0	20 (100)
	Surgical technology	0	0	24 (100)
Academic degree					0.003
	Bachelor of science	7 (4.4)	20 (12.7)	131 (82.9)
	Medical doctor	0	13 (6.3)	192 (93.7)
	Doctor of philosophy	0	1 (4.5)	21 (95.5)
Predisposing factors of cervical cancer
Age (years)					<0.01
	<25	4 (1.5)	137 (49.6)	135 (48.9)
	≥25	0	39 (35.8)	70 (64.2)
Sex					0.30
	Male	3 (2.1)	64 (45.8)	73 (52.1)
	Female	1 (0.4)	112 (45.7)	132 (53.9)
Field of study					<0.001
	Medicine	1 (0.4)	101 (44.5)	125 (55.1)
	Nursing	3 (3.5)	46 (53.5)	37 (43.0)
	Midwifery	0	18 (64.3)	10 (35.7)
	Laboratory sciences	0	9 (45.0)	11 (55.0)
	Surgical technology	0	2 (8.3)	22 (91.7)
Academic degree					0.56
	Bachelor of science	3 (1.9)	75 (47.5)	80 (50.6)
	Medical doctor	1 (0.5)	93 (45.4)	111 (54.1)
	Doctor of philosophy	0	8 (36.4)	14 (63.6)
Transmission routes and contributing factors
Age (years)					<0.001
	<25	0	159 (57.6)	117 (42.4)
	≥25	0	42 (38.5)	67 (61.5)
Sex					<0.001
	Male	0	89 (63.6)	51 (36.4)
	Female	0	112 (45.7)	133 (54.3)
Field of study					0.055
	Medicine	0	108 (47.6)	119 (52.4)
	Nursing	0	49 (57.0)	37 (43.0)
	Midwifery	0	13 (46.4)	15 (53.6)
	Laboratory sciences	0	15 (75.0)	5 (25.0)
	Surgical technology	0	16 (66.7)	8 (33.3)
Academic degree					0.08
	Bachelor of science	0	93 (58.9)	65 (41.1)
	Medical doctor	0	97 (47.3)	108 (52.7)
	Doctor of philosophy	0	11 (50.0)	11 (50.0)