Research Article
Vaccination Decision-Making and HPV Knowledge: How Informed and Engaged Are Young Adult HPV Vaccine Recipients in Australia?
Table 2
Number and percentage of correct responses on HPV knowledge items.
| | | Overall sample score () | School-based () | Population-based () | | | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Overall knowledge score
(Max. score = 13) | 7.4 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 1.7 |
| | Knowledge item | | % | | % | | % |
| | Multiple sexual partners increases one’s risk of HPV (Yes) | 82 | 89.1 | 67 | 90.5 | 15 | 83.3 | | HPV can cause cervical cancer (True) | 75 | 81.5 | 60 | 81.1 | 15 | 83.3 | | HPV is related to abnormal Pap smear results (True) | 73 | 79.3 | 59 | 79.7 | 14 | 77.8 | | Most HPV infections have no visible signs or symptoms (True) | 68 | 73.9 | 53 | 71.6 | 15 | 83.3 | | HPV can cause herpes (False) | 68 | 73.9 | 56 | 75.7 | 12 | 66.7 | | A history of STIs increases one’s risk of HPV (Yes) | 66 | 71.7 | 54 | 73.0 | 12 | 66.7 | | Condoms are effective in protecting against HPV (False) | 64 | 69.6 | 52 | 70.3 | 12 | 66.7 | | HPV is spread through skin to skin contact during sexual activity | 51 | 55.4 | 42 | 56.8 | 9 | 50.0 | | HPV can cause genital warts (True) | 50 | 54.3 | 39 | 52.7 | 11 | 61.1 | | Early age of first sexual intercourse increases one’s risk of HPV (Yes) | 38 | 41.3 | 30 | 40.5 | 8 | 44.4 | | Only women get HPV (False) | 35 | 38.0 | 27 | 36.5 | 8 | 44.4 | | HPV is highly contagious (True) | 33 | 35.9 | 27 | 36.5 | 6 | 33.3 | | HPV is spread through blood or other bodily fluid (False) | 23 | 25.0 | 18 | 24.3 | 5 | 27.8 |
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