Table 5 Factors associated with attitude regarding HPV vaccination
Factor | Category | Already received HPV vaccine | Agree to be vaccinated | Agree to vaccinate own/future children | Favorable to include HPV vaccine in Saudi program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | p-value | % | p-value | % | p-value | % | p-value | ||
Gender | Female | 8.3 | 48.9 | 79.5 | 71.2 | ||||
Male | 6.8 | .191 | 32.6 | <.001* | 75.4 | .027* | 67.8 | .001* | |
Nationality | Saudi | 7.5 | 42.4 | 75.5 | 67.2 | ||||
Non-Saudi | 7.9 | .741 | 38.8 | .124 | 81.8 | .001* | 74.5 | <.001* | |
Age groups | 20–30 | 12.5 | 54.5 | 83.0 | 70.5 | ||||
30–40 | 7.2 | 51.3 | 83.6 | 72.4 | |||||
40–50 | 6.3 | 40.9 | 76.4 | 72.4 | |||||
50–60 | 4.8 | 23.8 | 68.6 | 66.7 | |||||
Above 60 | 10.7 | .001* | 10.7 | <.001* | 67.9 | <.001* | 50.0 | <.001* | |
Marital status | Single | 10.4 | 55.1 | 82.1 | 71.6 | ||||
Married | 7.6 | 40.1 | 78.1 | 70.0 | |||||
Widowed | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 60.0 | |||||
Divorced | 3.2 | .044* | 32.3 | <.001* | 61.3 | <.001* | 61.3 | <.001* | |
Level of practice | Resident | 8.8 | 63.2 | 85.6 | 75.2 | ||||
Junior | 5.6 | 34.7 | 75.8 | 66.9 | |||||
Senior | 8.0 | .141 | 33.5 | <.001* | 74.5 | <.001* | 68.1 | <.001* | |
Specialty | Ob/gyn | 8.9 | 44.0 | 82.6 | 77.8 | ||||
Non Ob/gyn | 5.8 | .011* | 37.2 | .002* | 70.5 | <.001* | 58.0 | <.001* | |
Region | Western | 10.1 | 39.7 | 77.4 | 67.9 | ||||
Eastern | 1.3 | 37.7 | 71.4 | 61.0 | |||||
North | 6.9 | 55.2 | 75.9 | 75.9 | |||||
South | 3.3 | 43.3 | 66.7 | 76.7 | |||||
Central | 6.5 | <.001* | 44.2 | .010* | 89.6 | <.001* | 79.2 | <.001* | |
Knowledge level | Adequate | 8.1 | 41.3 | 83.5 | 76.1 | ||||
Inadequate | 6.8 | .317 | 41.1 | .917 | 67.9 | <.001* | 58.9 | <.001* | |
Perception about HPV | True | 8.6 | 41.3 | 82.9 | 76.5 | ||||
False | 5.9 | .032* | 41.1 | .934 | 68.6 | <.001* | 57.8 | <.001* | |