Do Male University Students Know Enough About Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to Make Informed Decisions About Vaccination?

30 June 2020 : Clinical Research

Shuai Wang^12ABCDEF, Bingfeng Han^1ABCD, Yongmei Wan^3ABC, Jiang Liu^1ABC, Tianshuo Zhao^1ABF, Hanyu Liu^1ABF, Fuqiang Cui^1ABCDEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924840

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924840

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Table 5 Association of sexual behaviors with awareness about HPV and willingness to undergo vaccination.

Characteristics		Total	Awareness about HPV			Willingness to undergo vaccination
Characteristics		Total	No.	%	P-value*	No.	%	P-value*
Sexual experience					<0.001			0.016
	Yes	309	156	50.5		138	44.7
	No	965	348	36.1		355	36.8
Age of sexual debut (years)					1.000			0.095
	≤20	197	99	50.3		95	48.2
	>20	110	56	50.9		42	38.2
	Blank^**	2
Number of sexual partners					0.234			0.058
	≤3	260	126	48.5		110	42.3
	>3	39	23	59.0		23	59.0
	Blank^**	10
Condom use					0.643			0.294
	Always	179	92	51.4		85	47.5
	Not always	127	61	48.0		52	40.9
	Blank^**	3
^* Pearson chi-square test was used for comparing proportions and continuity correction, or Fisher’s exact test was used if appropriate; ^** omitted from % calculations. HPV – human papillomavirus.

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