Identification of transmission mechanisms for human papilloma virus in infected women
Keywords:
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Papillomavirus InfectionsAbstract
Introduction: HPV is one of the most often sexual transmitted diseases, and knowing the transmission mechanisms is vital to control the incidence of this infection.
Objective: To evaluate the level of knowledge regarding transmission mechanisms in patients with HPV infection.
Methodology: 109 first timers and subsequent patients who showed up to the Displasias Clinic for diagnosis of HPV were included in the study. To evaluate the level of knowledge, three indicators were considered; good (>20 items answered correctly), regular (16-20 items answered correctly), and bad (= or < 15 items answered correctly). The questionnaire was validated by review of experts.
Results: From the total, 31.2% patients had good, 42.2% regular, and 26.6% bad knowledge. 47.7% out of 109 patients are half low socioeconomic status; 49.5% with elementary school of education; 67% got married; 54.1% with a single sexual partner; 44% sexual actives; and 77.1% had not received any sort of information talks regarding HPV.
Conclusions: It is evident the necessity of implementing new and diverse strategies lead to affected population through learning the transmission mechanisms to increase their level of knowledge and collaborate in the control of virus spreading.
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