Faculty of Healty, Near East University, Near East Boulevard, 99138, Nicosia, TRNC Mersin 10, Turkey.
BMC Womens Health. 2023 Feb 16;23(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02217-2.
The aim of this research is to analyze knowledge of adults between 18 and 45 years of age and living in the Northern Cyprus about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) along with their attitudes and beliefs towards HPV vaccine.
The research, which was planned as a descriptive and cross-sectional, was executed on the web. The research was completed with 1108 women and men adults between 18 and 45 years of age, living in the Northern Cyprus and volunteered to participate in the study.
51.90% of the adults participating in the study were found to be women, 8.84% had a Sexually transmitted disease (STD) before and 63.27% of the individuals who had a sexually transmitted disease before also had had HPV and they knew it, 77.55% had undergone a treatment for their disease, 59.18% were found to be actively infected with HPV. Statistically significant and positive correlations were determined between the overall scores of the participants from the Human Papillomavirus Knowledge Questionnaire (HPV-KQ) and their scores in the perceived severity, perceived benefits and perceived susceptibility sub-dimensions of the Health Belief Model Scale for Human Papilloma Virus and Its Vaccination (HBMS-HPVV) (p < 0.05). There was a statistically significant and negative correlation between HPV-KQ scores, questions on Current HPV Vaccination Program and the perceived barriers sub-dimension of the HBMS-HPVV whereas there was a statistically significant and positive correlation between the HPV-KQ scores, questions on Current HPV Vaccination Program and the perceived benefits and perceived susceptibility sub-dimensions of the HBMS-HPVV (p < 0.05).
It has emerged that the participants do not have enough information about HPV, they do not know the ways and symptoms of protection from HPV, they do not have enough information about early diagnosis and screening, and they know very little about the HPV vaccine. Health policies should be developed to increase the awareness of individuals about HPV, to increase education and to provide free vaccines.
本研究旨在分析 18 至 45 岁居住在北塞浦路斯的成年人对人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）的认识，以及他们对 HPV 疫苗的态度和信念。
本研究为描述性和横断面研究，在网上进行。研究对象为 1108 名年龄在 18 至 45 岁之间、自愿参加研究的北塞浦路斯成年男女。
研究参与者中 51.90%为女性，8.84%在之前患有性传播疾病（STD），63.27%之前患有性传播疾病且已知 HPV 阳性的个体，77.55%曾接受过疾病治疗，59.18%目前 HPV 感染活跃。参与者的人乳头瘤病毒知识问卷（HPV-KQ）总分与其对健康信念模型量表（HBMS-HPVV）中 HPV 及其疫苗感知严重程度、感知获益和感知易感性分量表的得分呈显著正相关（p<0.05）。HPV-KQ 得分与 HBMS-HPVV 中当前 HPV 疫苗接种计划问题及感知障碍分量表呈显著负相关，而 HPV-KQ 得分与 HBMS-HPVV 中当前 HPV 疫苗接种计划问题及感知获益和感知易感性分量表呈显著正相关（p<0.05）。
参与者对 HPV 的了解不足，不知道预防 HPV 的方法和症状，对早期诊断和筛查的了解不足，对 HPV 疫苗知之甚少。应制定卫生政策，提高个人对 HPV 的认识，加强教育并提供免费疫苗。
