Factors influencing decision- making for HPV Vaccination of Female Doctors for Their Children
Abstract
Objectives:
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
infection is the most common sexually transmitted disease, lead to several
cancers seen in both sexes such as cervix, anogenital and penile cancer. The
risk of being infected at least once in a lifetime among both males and females is
50%. The risk of HPV contamination increases by sexual activity at early
ages. At the present time, HPV vaccines are invented both to prevent HPV
infection and related lesions as well as providing remission and regression of
existing lesions. However, the rate of HPV vaccination is quite low. The aim of this study was to describe knowledge of doctors regarding HPV
vaccination and to evaluate the factors that affect the mothers' decision-
making to vaccinate their own children and patients.
Materials
and Methods: This cross-sectional study was
conducted via a self-administered questionnaire, shared via social media, among
221 doctors having children. The questionnaire was asked about demographic
data, their knowledge regarding HPV vaccine, their thoughts on whether to
vaccinate their children with HPV vaccine and their
willingness to vaccinate their patients with the vaccine. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 21 statistical program and the
data was evaluated with 95% confidence interval. The frequency and the
percentage values were calculated and showed in the tables. Moreover,
Chi-square test was applied to the categorical data in the cross tables.
Results: The number of respondents knowing “HPV vaccine prevents cancer” was
192 (90.14%). The number of doctors giving right answer to “HPV vaccine should
be advised to both girls and boys” question was 130 (64.36%) and the frequency
of “knowing this information” among the respondents was statistically
significant (p=0.001). The number of answers (yes, no and
hesitant) to the question of whether “thinking to vaccinate their children with
HPV vaccine” were 100 (46.51%), 46 (21.40%) and 69 (32.09%)
respectively. With regard to the gender of the children, 53 doctors (53.0%)
having girls only, 21 ones (21.0%) having boys only considered vaccinating
their children with HPV vaccine. Additionally, 26
doctors (26.0%) having both girl and boy thought of
vaccinating their children with the HPV
vaccine and 16 ones (34.78%) thought otherwise. Regarding the gender of
children seemed to influence the thought of HPV vaccination among doctors, also
mothers (p=0.003). Besides there was a statistical difference between thinking
HPV vaccination for their own children and advising HPV vaccination to their
patients (p=0.001).
Conclusion: The most
important factors affecting parents to vaccinate their children are belief in the
reliability to the vaccine, the level of knowledge and
the advices conducted by doctors. The trustworthiness of the vaccine will be reinforced by increasing the knowledge level of doctors and advising the vaccine.
Therefore, HPV infection and related cancers will be prevented with the help of
rising the vaccination rates importantly.
Keywords
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Eylül 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
10 Ağustos 2019
Kabul Tarihi
6 Eylül 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 1970 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 3