Research Article
Prevalence of HPV Genotypes in South Europe: Comparisons between an Italian and a Turkish Unvaccinated Population
Table 5
Knowledge and approach of patients in comparison of HPV and vaccine.
| | Group A (Italian) () | Group B (Turkish) () | value |
| Knowledge of the motivation of the screening with the pap test | | | Yes | 111 (70.2%) | 53 (60.2%) | 0.109 | No | 47 (29.8%) | 35 (39.8%) | |
| HPV knowledge | | | | Yes | 90 (57.0%) | 28 (31.9%) | <0.001 | No | 68 (43.0%) | 60 (68.1%) | |
| Knowledge of the anti-HPV vaccine | | | | Yes | 71 (44.9%) | 18 (20.4%) | <0.001 | No | 87 (55.1%) | 70 (79.6%) | |
| Knowledge about how the HPV vaccine works | | | | Yes | 41 (26.0%) | 18 (20.4%) | 0.333 | No | 117 (74.0%) | 70 (79.6%) | |
| Positive propensity for personal use of the vaccine | | | | Yes | 111 (70.2%) | 37 (42.0%) | <0.001 | No | 47 (29.8%) | 51 (58.0%) | |
| Positive propensity for the vaccine for children | | | | Yes | 111 (70.2%) | 37 (42.0%) | <0.001 | No | 47 (29.8%) | 51 (58.0%) | |
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