Table 4 Gender comparisons of intention to obtain HPV vaccination and HPV knowledge at posttest
Boys | Girls | χ 2 or Z* ( p ) | |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) or mean±SD | |||
Intention to obtain HPV vaccination (score 1–5) | 4.17±0.74 | 4.26±0.57 | −0.43 (0.671) |
Not at all (1) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | |
Not likely (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Don’t know (3) | 8 (11.4) | 3 (6.5) | |
Fairly likely (4) | 38 (54.3) | 28 (60.9) | |
Very likely (5) | 23 (32.9) | 15 (32.6) | |
HPV knowledge | n (%); correct answer or mean±SD | χ2 or Z* (p) | |
High-risk HPV causes STDs (F) | 12 (17.1) | 15 (32.6) | 3.72 (0.156) |
Low-risk HPV causes genital cancer (F) | 33 (47.8) | 19 (42.2) | 0.52 (0.770) |
Genital warts always cause pain (F) | 30 (42.9) | 23 (50.0) | 0.62 (0.735) |
Genital warts cause cervical cancer (F) | 20 (28.6) | 14 (31.1) | 0.20 (0.904) |
Cervical cancer is preventable (T) | 55 (79.7) | 38 (84.4) | 0.41 (0.816) |
Genital warts are preventable (T) | 57 (81.4) | 37 (84.1) | 1.63 (0.444) |
HPV vaccine prevents STD (T) | 55 (79.7) | 39 (86.7) | 0.93 (0.629) |
HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer (T) | 53 (75.7) | 38 (84.4) | 2.04 (0.360) |
HPV knowledge score (0–8) | 4.58±2.26 | 4.95±1.89 | 0.80 (0.373) |
Cronbach’s α for eight items=0.85 | |||