Table 4 Factors associated with HPV awareness and knowledge about the relation between HPV and cervical cancer (results of multivariable logistic regression)
HPV awareness | HPV knowledge | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factor | No | Yes | aOR (95% CI) | p | No | Yes | aOR (95% CI) | p |
Urban | 213 (49.8) | 131 (60.9) | 1.02 (0.99; 1.05) | 0.254 | 234 (50.2) | 110 (61.8) | 1.02 (0.98; 1.05) | 0.310 |
Mean age (SD) | 30.1 (9.3) | 26.5 (7.2) | 1.01 (0.66; 1.55) | 0.962 | 29.7 (9.3) | 26.7 (6.8) | 0.99 (0.64; 1.53) | 0.947 |
Sexual experience | 369 (86.2) | 124 (57.7) | 0.57 (0.32; 0.99) | 0.048 | 388 (83.3) | 106 (59.6) | 0.66 (0.38; 1.17) | 0.153 |
Education | ||||||||
Elementary (%) | 120 (28.0) | 13 (6.0) | 1 | 122 (26.2) | 11 (6.2) | 1 | ||
Secondary (%) | 213 (49.8) | 46 (21.4) | 1.63 (0.80; 3.33) | 0.182 | 221 (47.4) | 39 (21.9) | 1.72 (0.81; 3.68) | 0.161 |
University (%) | 95 (22.2) | 156 (72.6) | 8.33 (3.94; 17.63) | < 0.001 | 123 (26.4) | 128 (71.9) | 6.89 (3.13; 15.18) | < 0.001 |
Information source | ||||||||
Doctor (%) | 90 (23.6) | 69 (36.5) | 1.65 (0.95; 2.84) | 0.073 | 99 (23.9) | 60 (38.5) | 1.57 (0.91; 2.71) | 0.107 |
Nurse (%) | 28 (6.5) | 31 (14.4) | 2.75 (1.25; 6.05) | 0.012 | 31 (6.7) | 28 (15.7) | 2.78 (1.28; 6.00) | 0.010 |
Parents (%) | 14 (3.3) | 19 (8.8) | 1.97 (0.75; 5.20) | 0.169 | 16 (3.4) | 17 (9.6) | 1.87 (0.73; 4.77) | 0.189 |
Teachers (%) | 37 (8.6) | 63 (29.3) | 2.46 (1.39; 4.34) | 0.002 | 50 (10.7) | 50 (28.1) | 1.60 (0.91; 2.79) | 0.100 |
Internet (%) | 103 (24.1) | 94 (43.7) | 1.86 (1.17; 2.94) | 0.008 | 117 (25.1) | 80 (44.9) | 1.90 (1.20; 3.01) | 0.006 |
Friends (%) | 41 (9.6) | 18 (8.4) | 0.45 (0.19; 1.03) | 0.059 | 46 (9.9) | 13 (7.3) | 0.39 (0.16; 0.97) | 0.043 |
Media (%) | 60 (14.0) | 46 (21.4) | 0.75 (0.42; 1.36) | 0.345 | 67 (14.4) | 39 (21.9) | 0.80 (0.45; 1.45) | 0.468 |