Correct responses (n/(%)) to individual items of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing knowledge in those aware of HPV testing
| Overall | USA | UK | AUS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (n=742) | Men (n=299) | Women (n=443) | χ2 (p value) | Men (n=155) | Women (n=228) | χ2 (p value) | Men (n=67) | Women (n=110) | χ2 (p value) | Men (n=77) | Women (n=105) | χ2 (p value) | |
| If a woman tests positive for HPV, she will definitely get cervical cancer (F) | 561 (75.6) | 212 (70.9) | 349 (78.8) | 6.01 (0.014) | 115 (74.2) | 189 (82.9) | 4.27 (0.039) | 49 (73.1) | 90 (81.8) | NS | 48 (62.3) | 70 (66.7) | NS |
| A HPV test can be done at the same time as a Pap smear test | 545 (73.5) | 196 (65.6) | 349 (78.8) | 16.02 (<0.001) | 98 (63.2) | 186 (81.6) | 16.22 (<0.001) | 45 (67.2) | 82 (74.5) | NS | 53 (68.8) | 81 (77.1) | NS |
| A HPV test can tell you how long you have had a HPV infection (F) | 273 (36.8) | 105 (35.1) | 168 (37.9) | NS | 58 (37.4) | 94 (41.2) | NS | 32 (47.8) | 43 (39.1) | NS | 15 (19.5) | 31 (29.5) | NS |
| HPV testing is used to indicate if the HPV vaccine is needed (F) | 263 (35.4) | 85 (28.4) | 178 (40.2) | 10.78 (<0.001) | 45 (29.0) | 94 (41.2) | 5.94 (0.015) | 21 (31.3) | 45 (40.9) | NS | 19 (24.7) | 39 (37.1) | NS |
| When you have a HPV test, you get the results the same day (F) | 243 (32.7) | 72 (24.1) | 171 (38.6) | 17.09 (<0.001) | 34 (21.9) | 92 (40.4) | 14.18 (<0.001) | 19 (28.4) | 35 (31.8) | NS | 19 (24.7) | 44 (41.9) | 5.83 (0.016) |
| If a HPV test shows that a woman does not have HPV, her risk of cervical cancer is low | 181 (24.4) | 84 (28.1) | 94 (21.2) | NS | 33 (21.3) | 45 (19.7) | NS | 28 (41.8) | 26 (23.6) | 6.47 (0.011) | 23 (29.9) | 26 (24.8) | NS |
(F) indicates items for which ‘false’ is the correct response. All other items are true.
NS, not significant, that is, p>0.05.