Patel Ishani S, Dongara Ashish R, Mungala Bhavdeep M, Chapla Apurva, Phatak Ajay G, Nimbalkar Somashekhar M
Department of Pediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
Department of Pediatrics, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Ajman, UAE.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Jan;10(1):462-467. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_625_20. Epub 2021 Jan 30.
Every year, globally 570,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, out of which around 311,000 die. India contributes to about 132,000 new cases and 74,000 deaths yearly. One of the major risk factors for cervical cancer is infection with some types of human papillomavirus (HPV). This is both preventable (by vaccination) and detectable early (routine screening programs).
The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude in medical and paramedical students about cervical cancer and HPV vaccination.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted, using predesigned and validated questionnaire. It was segregated into three parts: Q1-demographic details, Q2a-questions assessing knowledge, Q2b-questions assessing attitude. Our target population was female students (18-25 years) studying in medical, nursing, and physiotherapy colleges. Descriptive statistics of data was analyzed using SPSS 16.0.
We had 73% response rate. Most participants belonged to upper middle and upper socioeconomic class, were pursuing MBBS, resided in villages, had educated parents, and had good health-care-seeking behavior. School education, television, and printed advertisements appeared to be underutilized. Around 50% of the participant had received chickenpox and typhoid vaccine, but only 8% had received HPV vaccine. The mean knowledge score was 5.19 ± 2.24, with 0.00 minimum and 11.0 maximum, out of a maximum possible score of 17. Only, place of residence appeared to effect the knowledge score.
The study shows the dismal knowledge levels about HPV amongst students. Participants were interested in seeking knowledge; consider HPV vaccination provided they were provided with sufficient knowledge.
全球每年有57万女性被诊断出患有宫颈癌，其中约31.1万人死亡。印度每年约有13.2万新发病例和7.4万人死亡。宫颈癌的主要危险因素之一是感染某些类型的人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）。这既是可预防的（通过接种疫苗），也是可早期检测的（通过常规筛查项目）。
本研究的目的是评估医学和准医学专业学生对宫颈癌和HPV疫苗接种的知识和态度。
采用预先设计并经验证的问卷进行横断面调查。问卷分为三个部分：问题1-人口统计学细节，问题2a-评估知识的问题，问题2b-评估态度的问题。我们的目标人群是在医学院、护理学院和物理治疗学院学习的18至25岁的女学生。使用SPSS 16.0对数据进行描述性统计分析。
我们的回复率为73%。大多数参与者属于中上层和上层社会经济阶层，正在攻读医学学士，居住在农村，父母受过教育，有良好的就医行为。学校教育、电视和印刷广告似乎未得到充分利用。约50%的参与者接种过水痘和伤寒疫苗，但只有8%接种过HPV疫苗。平均知识得分为5.19±2.24，最低分为0.00，最高分为11.0，满分为17分。只有居住地点似乎会影响知识得分。
该研究表明学生对HPV的了解程度很低。参与者有求知欲；如果能获得足够的知识，他们会考虑接种HPV疫苗。
