Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in adolescence and adherence to cervical cancer screening in Switzerland: a national cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objectives were to measure uptake of and factors associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination initiation and to determine whether HPV vaccination reduced the uptake of cervical cancer screening.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey in a random sample of Swiss women aged 18-49 years in 2014 (N = 3588).

Results

Vaccination initiation was 69.3% and full coverage (three doses) 54.1% for 18-20-year olds, respectively, 42.4% and 33.9% for 21-24-year olds. Women with ≥ 10 lifetime sexual partners were less likely to have received any HPV vaccination than women with ≤ 2 partners (18-20 years OR 0.2, 21-24 years OR 0.5). Amongst 1000 unvaccinated women (18-24 years), reasons for not having initiated vaccination were lack of information (22.5%)

SUBMITTER: Wymann MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5766720 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature