The vaccina T ion & H pv K nowledge (THinK) questionnaire: a reliability and validity study on a sample of women living in Sicily (southern-Italy)

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Vincenza Maria Arculeo¹  Marcello Noto¹  Alessia Pivetti¹  Gregorio Serra¹  Maria Francesca Guarneri¹  Antonio Spera¹  Domenica Matranga²  Cristina Lumia¹  Rossella Guarneri¹ 

[1] Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico “Paolo Giaccone”;Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo

关键词: Vaccination;    Papillomavirus;    Multilevel structural equation model;    Validity;    Questionnaire;    Knowledge;    Attitude;    Reliability;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.6254

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to introduce the VaccinaTion & Hpv Knowledge (THinK) questionnaire to assess knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) and attitude to HPV-vaccination. Its reliability and validity was demonstrated in a sample of women living in Sicily (southern Italy).MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 220 women at the “Paolo Giaccone” University Hospital in Palermo (Sicily), aged 18–61. Data were analyzed through Cronbach’s alpha and exploratory factor analysis, followed by a structural equation model with measurement component. The two-level data structure was explicitly considered.ResultsThree dimensions were found: “knowledge of HPV infection (kHPV), “Attitude to be vaccinated against HPV (aHPV)” and “Knowledge about vaccines (KV)” (97% overall explained variance). Internal consistency was good for the whole questionnaire (0.82) and the first dimension (0.88) and acceptable for the second (0.78) and the third dimension (0.73). 23% of women showed no or little knowledge of HPV and 44.3% of women had no or little knowledge about HPV induced lesions.DiscussionThe use of a validated questionnaire may serve as a useful measure to assess general knowledge about HPV and attitude towards vaccination against HPV in the primary prevention setting.

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