Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Vaccine. 2013 Apr 19;31(17):2191-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.01.033. Epub 2013 Jan 30.
The purpose of this study was to assess the awareness and knowledge regarding human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV related conditions and HPV vaccine among nursing students, and to identify their attitudes towards HPV vaccination.
The study was carried out at a tertiary Women's Health Care Center in Ankara, Turkey. Self-administered questionnaires were filled out individually by the nursing students and by a control group including similar aged women. Data regarding demographic information, knowledge and awareness about HPV infection and HPV vaccine, attitudes towards vaccination, acceptance of HPV vaccine and assessment of HPV vaccination attitudes of the nurses with respect to the gender of their children was assessed and recorded.
A total of 752 participants was included in the analysis. Five hundred and twenty (69.14%) of the participants were nursing students and the rest (n=232; 30.8%) were control group. The mean ages of the nursing students and the control group were 19.4 (16-27) and 19.4 (16-25) years, respectively. Majority of the nursing students knew the causal relationship between HPV and cervical cancer. Seventy-eight percent of the nursing students and 22.4% of the control group stated that they had heard of HPV vaccine. While the rate of the willingness to be vaccinated was 33.7% in the nursing student group, it was only 13.4% in the control group.
The awareness and knowledge about HPV, its relation with cervical cancer and prevention of cervical cancer by HPV vaccine were favorable among nursing students at a tertiary hospital in Ankara, Turkey. However, although aware of the theoretical implications, they did not seem to apply it to practice, such as not having regular gynecologic examinations and Pap smears. Thus, further studies are needed to evaluate the factors that affect practical applications of health care professionals responsible for providing health education to the public.
本研究旨在评估护理学生对人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）、HPV 相关疾病和 HPV 疫苗的认识和了解程度，并确定他们对 HPV 疫苗接种的态度。
该研究在土耳其安卡拉的一家三级妇女保健中心进行。护理学生和年龄相仿的对照组女性单独填写了自我管理问卷。记录了有关人口统计学信息、HPV 感染和 HPV 疫苗的知识和认识、对疫苗接种的态度、对 HPV 疫苗的接受程度以及护士对其子女性别的 HPV 疫苗接种态度评估的数据。
共有 752 名参与者纳入分析。520 名（69.14%）参与者为护理学生，其余（n=232；30.8%）为对照组。护理学生和对照组的平均年龄分别为 19.4（16-27）和 19.4（16-25）岁。大多数护理学生知道 HPV 与宫颈癌之间的因果关系。78%的护理学生和 22.4%的对照组听说过 HPV 疫苗。护理学生组中愿意接种疫苗的比例为 33.7%，而对照组仅为 13.4%。
在土耳其安卡拉的一家三级医院，护理学生对 HPV、HPV 与宫颈癌的关系以及 HPV 疫苗预防宫颈癌的认识和了解较为有利。然而，尽管他们意识到了理论意义，但似乎并没有将其应用于实践，例如没有定期进行妇科检查和巴氏涂片检查。因此，需要进一步研究来评估影响负责向公众提供健康教育的卫生保健专业人员实际应用的因素。
