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Multicenter Study
. 2022 Dec 31;18(1):2024065.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.2024065. Epub 2022 Feb 1.

Factors influencing HPV knowledge and vaccine acceptability in parents of adolescent children: results from a survey-based study (KAPPAS study)

Noelia López  1 , Ignacio Salamanca de la Cueva  2 , Edelmiro Vergés  3 , Eva Suárez Vicent  4 , Almudena Sánchez  5 , Ana Belén López  6 , María Belén Panizo-Santos  7 , María Garcés-Sánchez  8 , Abián Montesdeoca  9 , Antonio José Rivera  1 , Manuel Suárez Cotarelo  1
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Multicenter Study

Factors influencing HPV knowledge and vaccine acceptability in parents of adolescent children: results from a survey-based study (KAPPAS study)

Noelia López et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. .

Abstract

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections associated with a wide range of diseases and cancers that may affect both genders. Since 2007, the Spanish National Immunization Program includes HPV vaccination, and currently it only targets 12-year-old girls. The objective of our study is to assess differences in the knowledge of HPV and HPV vaccine acceptability according to different factors, and to identify the role of different sources of information. A cross-sectional, multicenter survey research was carried out in twenty-four pediatric offices in Spain, and included parents of children aged 9 to 14 years old. 1,405 valid survey-responses were considered for the analysis. Parental awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine, as well as vaccine acceptability, are still strongly associated with child gender (girls) and age (12-14 years old). HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptability are related to parental gender, HPV vaccination status and having at least one daughter. Parents who consulted a healthcare source to obtain further information about HPV had greater HPV and HPV vaccine knowledge and acceptability. HPV and HPV vaccine awareness and acceptability are strongly associated with child gender and age, which correlates with the current immunization program.

Keywords: HPV; HPV vaccine; HPV-related diseases; acceptability; adolescent; factors; information source; knowledge; parents; vaccination.

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Conflict of interest statement

NL, AJR, MC are full-time employees of MSD Spain. ISdlC has received grants and/or honoraria as a consultant/advisor or attending conferences and practical courses from GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, MSD and Pfizer. EV, ESV, AS, AL and MPS have received honoraria from MSD as an investigator for this study. MGS has received honoraria from MSD as an investigator for this study and honoraria from MSD Spain and GlaxoSmithKline outside the submitted work.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Child-related factors influencing HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptability. (a) Child gender. (b) Child age. (c) Child vaccination status. Boxplot representations of scores for, from left to right, HPV knowledge (score range: 0 to 40), knowledge and acceptance of vaccines in general (score range: −10 to 10), HPV vaccine knowledge (score range: 0 to 21) and HPV vaccine acceptability (score range: 0 to 5). The line inside the box represents the median. The lower and upper boundaries of each box indicate Q1 and Q3, respectively.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Factors related to family/parental characteristics influencing HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptability. (a) Parent gender. (b) Parental HPV vaccination status. (c) Having at least one daughter. (d) Number of daughters in the family. (e) Having at least one daughter of vaccination age (≥9 y.o.). Boxplot representations of scores for, from left to right, HPV knowledge (score range: 0 to 40), knowledge and acceptance of vaccines in general (score range: −10 to 10), HPV vaccine knowledge (score range: 0 to 21) and HPV vaccine acceptability (score range: 0 to 5). The line inside the box represents the median. The lower and upper boundaries of each box indicate Q1 and Q3, respectively.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Influence of consulting healthcare sources about HPV infection (a) or HPV vaccine (b) on HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptability. Boxplot representations of scores for, from left to right, HPV knowledge (score range: 0 to 40), knowledge and acceptance of vaccines in general (score range: −10 to 10), HPV vaccine knowledge (score range: 0 to 21) and HPV vaccine acceptability (score range: 0 to 5). The line inside the box represents the median. The lower and upper boundaries of each box indicate Q1 and Q3, respectively.
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