A theory-based educational intervention to increase mothers’ intention to vaccinate their daughters against human papillomavirus: A randomised controlled trial

IF 2.9 2区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Patient Education and Counseling Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2025.108731

Areej Alqethami , Eman Alhalal

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Abstract

Objective

The current study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a web-based educational intervention based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in enhancing mothers’ knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) and its vaccine, attitudes towards the HPV vaccine, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and intention to vaccinate their daughters against HPV.

Method

A randomised controlled trial was conducted. The sample comprised 214 mothers of adolescents from 10 intermediate schools in Saudi Arabia. After collecting baseline data, the participants were randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. The TPB-based intervention was delivered online to the intervention group, and post-test data were collected from both groups. A mixed-effects model of covariance was used to test the effect of the intervention.

Results

There were no significant differences between the two groups at baseline. One month after delivery, the intervention was found to have a significant effect on mothers’ knowledge (F (1, 211.15) = 72.40, p < .001), attitudes (F (1, 211.11) = 110.57, p < .001), subjective norms (F (1, 211) = 34.55, p < .001), perceived control behaviour (F (1, 211.12) = 144.01, p < .001), and intention to vaccinate their daughters against HPV (F (1, 211.05) = 113.64, p < .001).

Conclusion

The study showed that the web-based intervention based on the TPB was effective in increasing mothers’ knowledge, attitude, subjective norms, perceived control behaviour, and intention to vaccinate their daughters after 1 month.

Practice implications

The findings underscore the significance of popularising and implementing such interventions to boost HPV vaccine coverage among adolescents.

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Patient Education and Counseling 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

11.40%

发文量

384

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Patient Education and Counseling is an interdisciplinary, international journal for patient education and health promotion researchers, managers and clinicians. The journal seeks to explore and elucidate the educational, counseling and communication models in health care. Its aim is to provide a forum for fundamental as well as applied research, and to promote the study of organizational issues involved with the delivery of patient education, counseling, health promotion services and training models in improving communication between providers and patients.