HPV vaccine acceptance among mid-adult women.
OBJECTIVE
To determine correlates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptance in mid-adult women.


METHODS
A convenience sample of 472 mid-adult women completed a 2-part, 69-item survey that included demographic, knowledge, and behavioral variables as potential correlates of vaccine acceptance. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify correlates for vaccine acceptance.


RESULTS
Mid-adult women who received the HPV vaccine were more likely to be younger than 55 years (P < .001); have had an abnormal Papanicolaou test (odds ratio [OR], 2.15; 95% CI, 1.18-3.92); understand that HPV causes cervical cancer (OR, 2.39; 95% CI, 1.08-5.30); feel at risk for HPV infection (OR, 2.14; 95% CI, 1.00-4.57), and feel it is important for their partner (OR, 25.20; 95% CI, 9.66-65.72) and children (OR, 3.54; CI, 0.51-24.56) to get the HPV vaccine. Monogamous mid-adult women (OR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.21-1.00); women who did not want any vaccines (OR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.07-0.92); and women who felt it was too late to get the vaccine (OR, 0.18; 95% CI, 0.08-0.44) were less likely to want the HPV vaccine.


CONCLUSIONS
These clinical predictors of HPV vaccine acceptance will help clinicians recognize mid-adult women who may be more receptive to vaccination.
Ferris
Daron G
DG
Gynecologic Prevention Center, Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. agerman@mcg.edu
Waller
Jennifer L
JL
Owen
Ashley
A
Smith
Jozette
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control
D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines