Knowledge and attitudes of nursing students concerning HPV vaccination<p>Hemşirelik bölümü öğrencilerinin HPV aşısına yönelik bilgi ve tutumları

Abstract

Aim: The present study aims to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of the nursing students concerning Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out over 810 undergraduate students studying in the departments of nursing at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (n=404) and Trakya University (n=406) between November 2017 and March 2018. The data were collected with an information form developed by the researchers based on the available literature. They were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Chi-square test by using SPSS 21.0, a statistical software program.Findings: The results concerning the knowledge of the nursing students on HPV vaccine showed that 65.8% heard of HPV vaccine, 51.6% had no prior knowledge on HPV vaccine, 93.7% wished to be informed about HPV vaccine, 40.4% thought that HPV vaccine should be administered to any person with an active sexual life, 68.6% and 73.1% thought that HPV vaccine was effective in the prevention of genital warts and cervical cancer, respectively. The results on the participants’ attitudes towards HPV vaccine revealed that 96.5% of the participants did not receive HPV vaccine while 60.1% wished to receive it.Conclusion: Most of the nursing students had no knowledge of HPV vaccine and very few received it. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışmada, hemşirelik bölümü öğrencilerinin HPV aşısına yönelik bilgi ve tutumlarını incelemek amaçlanmıştır.Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki bu çalışma, Kasım 2017-Mart 2018 tarihleri arasında Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart (n=404) ve Trakya (n=406) Üniversitesi hemşirelik bölümünde eğitim alan n=810 öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırma verileri araştırmacılar tarafından literatür incelenerek hazırlanan bir bilgi formu ile toplanmıştır. Veriler tanımlayıcı istatistik ve Ki-kare testi yöntemleri ile SPSS 21.0 istatistiksel paket programı kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir.Bulgular: Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin HPV aşısı ile ilgili bilgi durumlarına bakıldığında; %65.8’inin HPV aşısını duyduğu, %51.6’sının HPV aşısı hakkında daha önce bilgi almadığı, %93.7’sinin HPV aşısı hakkında bilgi almak istediği, %40.4’ü HPV aşısının cinsel aktif olan herkese yapılması gerektiğini düşündüğü, %68.6’sının HPV aşısının genital siğilleri ve %73.1’inin serviks kanserini önlemede etkili olduğunu düşündüğü belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin HPV aşısı ile ilgili tutumları incelendiğinde; %96.5’inin HPV aşısını yaptırmadığı, %60.1’inin HPV aşısı yaptırmak istediği saptanmıştır.Sonuç: Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin çoğunluğu HPV aşısı hakkında bilgi almamış olup çok az sayıda öğrenci HPV aşısını yaptırmıştır.

The effect of theoretical and student-centered interactive education on intern nursing students’ knowledge and consideration regarding human papillomavirus and its vaccine in Turkey: A repeated measures design

“…Regarding knowledge of the HPV vaccine, the study revealed that 72.7% of the intern nursing students had received information about it, and 55.6% of those students had obtained this information from their educational institution. This finding corresponds with previous studies, which found that most nursing students had received information about the HPV vaccine primarily from their educational institution (Basar et al, 2019 ; Cangol et al, 2019 ). However, it diverges from studies that reported low rates of information about the HPV vaccine among nursing students (Atitt-Allah et al, 2019 ; Koramutla et al, 2018 ).…”

Determination of nursing students’ level of knowledge about human papilloma virus

“…It was found that the majority of the students had knowledge about STIs and this knowledge was insufficient, they did not get the HPV vaccine, they needed training about STIs, and they did not have information about uterine cancer. In studies conducted with nursing students, it was determined that most of the students heard about HPV and HPV vaccines, but their knowledge was not sufficient [5,6] and most of the students heard about STIs but their knowledge was not sufficient [7]. In some studies, it was found that the level of HPV knowledge of the students was low [8,9], and partially sufficient, and the knowledge level of health students was higher than that of other students [9].…”

“…In the study, it was found that those who needed training about sexually transmitted diseases had higher General HPV Knowledge, General HPV Vaccine Knowledge sub-scale, and total scale score averages, the majority of the students received training about HPV, the majority received this training in the courses given at the university, and the mean scores of those who received training were higher. When the studies on nursing students are examined, it was determined that the majority of nursing students received information about HPV [6], and HPV vaccine from health personnel and lecturers who took their classes [5]. In the study conducted on young adults, it was found that the participants heard about the HPV vaccine from the internet and from the health personnel [13].…”