Sexual behavior, clinical outcomes and attendance of cervical cancer screening by HPV vaccinated and unvaccinated sexually active women

Autor: Marilou Kiely, Vladimir Gilca, Chantal Sauvageau, Fannie Defay, Manale Ouakki, Sara Mathieu-Chartier, Gilles Lambert, François Coutlée
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Hum Vaccin Immunother
ISSN: 2164-554X
2164-5515
Popis: Concerns were raised about HPV vaccination possibly leading to riskier sexual behavior. We assessed sexual behaviors, risk of sexually transmitted infection, and attendance to cervical cancer screening by HPV vaccinated and unvaccinated young women. In this analysis, 1475 questionnaires completed by women aged 17–29 years were included. The majority of respondents (67.9%) were vaccinated against HPV. The proportion of those vaccinated decreased with age: from 93.2% in those aged 17–19 to 72.9% in those aged 20–22, and 21.8% in 23–29-year olds. A higher proportion of unvaccinated respondents had at least one sexual intercourse under the age of 15 when compared to those vaccinated (30% vs. 23%, p
Databáze: OpenAIRE