Investigating HPV- and HPV Vaccine-Related Knowledge, Perceptions, and Information Sources among Health Care Providers in Three Big Cities in China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Implementation
2.2. Measures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Study Population
3.2. Providers’ Knowledge and Perceptions about HPV and Its Vaccine
3.3. The Relationship between Providers’ Knowledge and Demographics
3.4. Relationship between Providers’ Knowledge and Their Information Sources
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Ethical Approval
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Variables | Knowledge Score on HPV | Knowledge Score on HPV Vaccine | Total Knowledge Score |
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Perception score of HPV | 0.254 ** | ||
Perception score of HPV vaccine | 0.238 ** | ||
Total perception score | 0.319 ** |
Knowledge Score on HPV e | ||||
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Demographics | Lower (45.3%) | Higher (54.7%) | χ2 | p Value |
City a | 29.450 | 0.000 ‡ | ||
Shanghai | 178 (41.9%) | 247 (58.1%) | ||
Guangzhou | 247 (55.5%) | 198 (44.5%) | ||
Shenzhen | 202 (38.8%) | 318 (61.2%) | ||
Occupation b | 41.405 | 0.000 ‡ | ||
Physician | 359 (38.9%) | 564 (61.1%) | ||
Nurse | 265 (57.1%) | 199 (42.9%) | ||
Specialty c | 57.297 | 0.000 ‡ | ||
General | 133 (48.7%) | 140 (51.3%) | ||
Pediatrics | 131 (65.2%) | 70 (34.8%) | ||
Obstetrics and gynecology | 220 (36.1%) | 389 (63.9%) | ||
Preventive health care | 108 (44.1%) | 137 (55.9%) | ||
Other | 35 (56.5) | 27 (43.5%) | ||
Title d | 13.004 | 0.002 † | ||
primary | 289 (49.4%) | 296 (50.6%) | ||
Intermediate | 283 (44.0%) | 360 (56.0%) | ||
Senior | 54 (33.8%) | 106 (66.3%) |
Demographics | Knowledge Score on HPV Vaccine g | |||
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Demographics | Lower (24.6%) | Higher (75.4%) | χ2 | p Value |
Occupation a | 10.397 | 0.001 † | ||
Physician | 203 (22.0%) | 718 (78.0%) | ||
Nurse | 139 (30.0%) | 325 (70.0%) | ||
Age (years) b | 7.328 | 0.026 * | ||
18–27 | 79 (31.1%) | 175 (68.9%) | ||
28–37 | 147 (22.5%) | 506 (77.5%) | ||
>38 | 117 (24.3%) | 365 (75.7%) | ||
Specialty c | 77.083 | 0.000 ‡ | ||
General | 52 (19.0%) | 221 (81.0%) | ||
Pediatrics | 88 (44.0%) | 112 (56.0%) | ||
Obstetrics and gynecology | 158 (26.0%) | 450 (74.0%) | ||
Preventive health care | 24 (9.8%) | 221 (90.2%) | ||
Other | 21 (33.3%) | 42 (66.7%) | ||
Title d | 10.166 | 0.006 † | ||
Primary | 168 (28.8%) | 416 (71.2%) | ||
Intermediate | 134 (20.9%) | 507 (79.1%) | ||
Senior | 40 (24.8%) | 121 (75.2%) | ||
Types of hospital e | 42.135 | 0.000 | ||
Community health service center | 72 (14.8%) | 413 (85.2%) | ||
General and specialist hospitals | 120 (33.1%) | 242(66.9%) | ||
Maternal and child health care institution | 151 (27.9%) | 391 (72.1%) | ||
Average number of vaccinations weekly f | 23.651 | 0.000 | ||
<200 | 268 (28.2%) | 682 (71.8%) | ||
≥200 | 65 (15.9%) | 345 (84.1%) |
Information Sources | Variables in the Equation (HPV) | |||
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B | Wald | pValue | Exp (B) | |
Professional sources | 0.664 | 52.410 | 0.000 ‡ | 1.942 |
Media | −0.106 | 1.834 | 0.176 | 0.899 |
Discussion | −0.083 | 0.942 | 0.332 | 0.921 |
Pharmaceutical companies | −0.079 | 1.659 | 0.198 | 0.924 |
Constant | −1.295 | 29.518 | 0.000 | 0.274 |
Variables in the equation (HPV Vaccine) | ||||
B | wald | p value | Exp (B) | |
Professional sources | 0.478 | 22.352 | 0.000 ‡ | 1.614 |
Media | 0.120 | 1.791 | 0.181 | 1.127 |
Discussion | −0.064 | 0.421 | 0.517 | 0.938 |
Pharmaceutical companies | 0.016 | 0.050 | 0.824 | 1.0016 |
Constant | −0.726 | 7.777 | 0.005 | 0.484 |
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Li, J.; Kang, J.; Mao, Y.; Zheng, P.; Abdullah, A.S.; Wu, G.; Wang, F. Investigating HPV- and HPV Vaccine-Related Knowledge, Perceptions, and Information Sources among Health Care Providers in Three Big Cities in China. Vaccines 2020, 8, 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8030499
Li J, Kang J, Mao Y, Zheng P, Abdullah AS, Wu G, Wang F. Investigating HPV- and HPV Vaccine-Related Knowledge, Perceptions, and Information Sources among Health Care Providers in Three Big Cities in China. Vaccines. 2020; 8(3):499. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8030499
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jie, Jingshi Kang, Yimeng Mao, Pinpin Zheng, Abu S Abdullah, Guoli Wu, and Fan Wang. 2020. "Investigating HPV- and HPV Vaccine-Related Knowledge, Perceptions, and Information Sources among Health Care Providers in Three Big Cities in China" Vaccines 8, no. 3: 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8030499