HPV pozitif olan hastaların HPV hakkında bilgileri ve HPV aşılarına yaklaşımı: Tersiyer bir merkezin deneyimi

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to examine knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and perspectives about HPV vaccine of patients referred to a tertiary hospital for colposcopic examination. Material and Method: One hundred ninety-seven HPV positive patients undergoing colposcopic examination at a tertiary center between 01.12.2018 and 01.05.2019 were included to the study. Results: The mean age of the patients was 38.60 ± 8.78 years. Although 56.9% of the patients had knowledge of HPV vaccine, 86.8% of the patients did not consider that every woman should be vaccinated. About 41% of the patients stated that there was no consensus among physicians as a reason why women did not have HPV vaccination. There was no statistically significant difference between patients with and without knowledge of HPV in terms of educational status (p=0.291). About 56% of the patients with knowledge of HPV stated that they had regular smear tests. There was a statistically significant difference between patients with and without knowledge of HPV in terms of having regular smear tests (p=0.001). Conclusion: Although patients had knowledge of HPV, they had anxieties about vaccine safety and vaccination coverage.