Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre papiloma virus humano en estudiantes de la Escuela de Tecnología Médica-Universidad de Cuenca, 2016

Abstract

Background: It is very important to find out the knowledge they have the / os students with respect to Human Papillomavirus because adolescents to have an active sex life at an early age are more likely to contract the infection.1 Objective: To identify knowledge, attitudes and practices on human papilloma virus in students from the School of Medical Technology at the University of Cuenca 2016.

Methodology: descriptive study, which allowed knowing the knowledge, attitudes and practices on human papilloma virus. The universe was 660 students of the School of Medical Technology; the sample was made up 243 students which were obtained by applying a standard deviation of the population of 0.5, a confidence level of 95% and an acceptable limit of sampling error, 5% (0.05). Prior to the development of research students gave written informed consent, surveys was applied with information regarding the study variables: age, sex, marital status, race, age of first sexual intercourse, sexual partners, knowledge, attitudes and practices on HPV. Scorekeeping for the relevant forms were used and processed for tabulation in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and SPSS.

Results: 65.8% mentioned receiving information about HPV, recognize that affects both men and women 69.1%. 28% do not know that complications can bring HPV infection; 37.9% indicated having active sex life