Acceptability of vaccination against human papillomavirus in health students
Keywords:
knowledge, attitude, Human Papillomavirus infection, vaccination, medical students.Abstract
Introduction: Human Papillomavirus infection is a vaccine-preventable disease whose prevalence continues to be quite high in young women in low-income countries.Objective: To determine the association of knowledge, attitude and sociodemographic factors with the acceptability of vaccination against Human Papillomavirus in human medicine students.
Methods: A quantitative, observational, analytical and cross-sectional study was performed with a sample of 371 human medicine students from a Peruvian university during the period November 2020 to January 2021. The sampling was probabilistic.
Results: Of the 371 respondents, 84.9% stated that they were accepting of vaccination against the Human Papillomavirus. In the multivariate analysis, it was observed that attitude (OR: 2.86; CI: 1.99 - 4.11), gender (OR: 1.17; CI: 1.05 - 1.31), age (OR: 0.88, CI: 1.78 -0.98) were statistically significant. Regarding knowledge, no significant difference was found with the acceptability of vaccination against Human Papillomavirus (OR: 1.03; CI: 0.93-1.13).
Conclusion: An association was found between attitude, female gender and age over 20 years. No association was found between knowledge about the Human Papillomavirus and the acceptability of vaccination.
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Montalvo Molero SM, Alburqueque-Melgarejo J, Roque-Quezada JC, Chanduví Puicon WD, Vidal Olcese JE. Acceptability of vaccination against human papillomavirus in health students. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 15 [cited 2025 Mar. 13];51(4):e02202238. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2238
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