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1. Awareness and Knowledge Among Dental and Medical Undergraduate Students Regarding Human Papilloma Virus and Its Available Preventive Measures

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Mayithiri Balaji, Arun Panwar, Adarsh Kudva M., N. Vasudev Ballal, and Vaishali Keluskar

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hpv, awareness, community, education, preventive measures, significance, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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Background: India is a major contributor to the global burden of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and associated diseases like cervical and oropharyngeal cancers. Hence, it is essential to recognize the existing knowledge pool of current healthcare students about HPV and its preventive measures to translate this into benefits for the society in the future. Objective: To determine the awareness and knowledge among dental and medical undergraduate students regarding HPV and its diagnosis and prevention. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled in 577 dental and undergraduate medical students from a tertiary-care teaching hospital. A questionnaire containing 20 closed-ended multiple-choice questions was used to assess their knowledge regarding HPV and its transmission, cervical cancer and its screening, as well as HPV vaccines and their attitude towards them. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U test, and Chi square test were employed for statistical analysis. p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The study consisted of 52.68% dental and 47.31% medical students, with a mean age of 20.95 ± 1.82 years, M:F ratio of 0.7:1, and a mean overall score of 10.75 ± 5.18 (average). The mean scores for knowledge about HPV, its vaccination, and its diagnosis were 7.98 ± 3.26 (good), 1.61 ± 0.95 (average), and 1.15 ± 1.16 (average), respectively. These scores showed no significant difference between the courses as well as the genders (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Overall, the dental and medical undergraduate students presented an average level of knowledge and awareness regarding HPV and its prevention. This reflects a greater need for educating healthcare professionals in order to have a ripple effect on society at large.

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2020
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2. Awareness and Knowledge Among Dental and Medical Undergraduate Students Regarding Human Papilloma Virus and Its Available Preventive Measures

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M. Adarsh Kudva, N. Vasudev Ballal, Arun Panwar, Vaishali Keluskar, and Mayithiri Balaji

Subjects
Adult, Male, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, medicine.medical_specialty, Students, Medical, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, HPV vaccines, significance, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Alphapapillomavirus, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health care, medicine, Chi-square test, Humans, awareness, Papillomavirus Vaccines, 030212 general & internal medicine, Papillomaviridae, Original Research, Cervical cancer, Human papilloma virus, hpv, education, Descriptive statistics, business.industry, 030503 health policy & services, Papillomavirus Infections, General Medicine, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, medicine.disease, Vaccination, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family medicine, Mann–Whitney U test, community, preventive measures, Female, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, 0305 other medical science, business
Abstract

Background: India is a major contributor to the global burden of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and associated diseases like cervical and oropharyngeal cancers. Hence, it is essential to recognize the existing knowledge pool of current healthcare students about HPV and its preventive measures to translate this into benefits for the society in the future. Objective: To determine the awareness and knowledge among dental and medical undergraduate students regarding HPV and its diagnosis and prevention. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled in 577 dental and undergraduate medical students from a tertiary-care teaching hospital. A questionnaire containing 20 closed-ended multiple-choice questions was used to assess their knowledge regarding HPV and its transmission, cervical cancer and its screening, as well as HPV vaccines and their attitude towards them. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U test, and Chi square test were employed for statistical analysis. p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The study consisted of 52.68% dental and 47.31% medical students, with a mean age of 20.95 ± 1.82 years, M:F ratio of 0.7:1, and a mean overall score of 10.75 ± 5.18 (average). The mean scores for knowledge about HPV, its vaccination, and its diagnosis were 7.98 ± 3.26 (good), 1.61 ± 0.95 (average), and 1.15 ± 1.16 (average), respectively. These scores showed no significant difference between the courses as well as the genders (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Overall, the dental and medical undergraduate students presented an average level of knowledge and awareness regarding HPV and its prevention. This reflects a greater need for educating healthcare professionals in order to have a ripple effect on society at large.

Published
2020

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