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Table 2 Parents' knowledge on HPV infection and vaccination; Italy, 2012

From: Exploring reasons for non-vaccination against human papillomavirus in Italy

Questions exploring knowledge

n/N

%*

HPV may cause cervical cancer (T)

1571/1690

93.0

HPV is a sexually transmitted disease (T)

1295/1675

77.3

HPV may infect you without symptoms (T)

1195/1669

71.6

HPV infections are rare (F)

1167/1661

70.3

HPV vaccines work well if given before sexual debut (T)

1045/1655

63.1

HPV vaccines protect against all HPV types (F)

981/1670

58.7

Sometimes HPV infections can last years (T)

899/1646

54.6

Only women can be infected by HPV (F)

615/1647

37.3

Genital warts are caused by HPV (T)

471/1633

28.8

Most HPV infections resolve spontaneously (T)

320/1662

19.3

  1. *Proportion of parents that replied to each question correctly. The correct answer is indicated among bracket (T = true, F = false).