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Table 5 Changes in awareness and attitudes towards HPV and its vaccines

From: Effect of a group educational intervention on rural Chinese women’s knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccines

 

Pre-Intervention

Post -Intervention

Change

P value

 

Count

Percent (%)

Count

Percent (%)

Percentage point difference

 

Have you ever heard of HPV (n = 913)

Yes

54

5.9

539

59.0

53.1

<0.001 b

No

859

94.1

374

41.0

  

Have you ever heard of cervical cancer (n = 913)

Yes

575

63.0

814

89.2

26.2

<0.001 b

No

338

37.0

99

10.8

  

Are you willing to vaccinate your daughter(s)(n = 631**)

Yes

523

82.9

555

88.0

5.1

0.011 b

No

108

17.1

76

12.0

  

Are you willing to vaccinate yourself(n = 571***)

Yes

468

82.0

508

89.0

7.0

0.001 b

No

103

18.0

63

11.0

  
  1. b χ2 test
  2. **5 women were excluded from the analysis due to lack of pre-educational information
  3. ***14 women were excluded from the analysis. 12 were due to lack of pre-educational information and 2 were due to lack of post-educational information
  4. Boldface reflects statistical significance