Effect of educational intervention for compliance of school adolescents with the human papillomavirus vaccine
Hellen Lívia Oliveira Catunda Ferreira, Cícero Mendes Siqueira, Leilane Barbosa de Sousa, Ana Izabel Oliveira Nicolau, Thaís Marques Lima, Priscila de Souza Aquino, Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to assess the effects of "Piss off, HPV!", an educational intervention to increase adolescents' knowledge, attitude and compliance with human papillomavirus vaccination. METHOD: a randomized clinical trial by cluster, carried out in six schools in two municipalities in Ceará, with 238 girls. The control group (n = 120) received routine instructions, and the intervention group (n = 118), printed message cards about the quadrivalent HPV vaccine. A pre- and post-intervention knowledge, attitude and practice survey was applied to both groups. The McNemar test, to analyze knowledge, attitude and pre- and post-intervention practice, the chi-square test, to compare compliance in relation to knowledge and attitude, and a logistic regression model, to assess vaccine compliance, were carried out. A significance level of 5% was adopted. RESULTS: pre-intervention, knowledge was inadequate and attitude was adequate in both groups. Post-intervention, adequate knowledge and practices became greater in the intervention group. Adequate post-intervention knowledge and attitude, in addition to being 12 years of age or older, increase the chance for vaccination, explaining 70% of the practice. CONCLUSION: the educational intervention was effective for adolescents' knowledge and compliance with the quadrivalent HPV vaccine. UTN: U1111-1254-5546; ReBEC: RBR-107hzdqt.