Data from: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Indonesian urban communities regarding HPV infection, cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination

Background: Few studies explored Indonesian understanding of
cervical cancer (CC) and the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. We
aimed to investigate the association between knowledge, attitudes, and
practices (KAP) and socio-demographical influences related to HPV, CC, and
vaccination among Indonesian urban citizens. Methods: We conducted an
online survey during March 2020-August 2021 using the Snowball sampling
technique. The socio-demographic characteristic and KAP responses were
collected via Google Forms from 400 respondents in Jakarta. The knowledge
and attitudes were divided into HPV and CC (aspect 1) and HPV vaccination
(aspect 2). Correlation between KAP scores was performed using
Spearman's test, and multiple logistic regression analyses were
conducted to determine KAP predictors. Results: Indonesian urban
citizens in Jakarta were found to have poor knowledge in individual
aspects of the inquiry but moderate knowledge overall, good attitude in
inquiry both in each aspect and overall, and unsatisfying practices.
Overall, in the general population, men, and women respectively: 50.8%,
32.4%, and 53.6% had good knowledge; 82.0%, 75.2%, and 84.4% expressed
positive attitude; and 30.3%, 15.2%, and 35.6% applied favorable practice
regarding questions inquired. Knowledge was weakly correlated towards
attitude (ρ=0.385) but moderately correlated with practice (ρ=0.485);
attitude was moderately correlated with practice (ρ=0.577), all results:
p<0.001. Significant odds ratio (OR) for predictors to good
knowledge were female sex (OR=2.99), higher education (OR=2.91), and
higher mother's education (OR=2.15). Factors related to positive
attitudes were higher mother's education (OR=4.13), younger age
(OR=1.86), and better results in the knowledge inquiries (OR=2.96).
Factors that suggested better practices were female sex (OR=2.33), being
employed (OR=1.68), excellent knowledge scores (OR=4.56), and positive
attitudes expressions (OR=8.05). Having done one vaccination dose and
intention to receive vaccines were significantly influenced by good KAP.
Conclusions: KAP had inter-association to successful CC and HPV
prevention programs, and socio-demographical characteristics are critical
to influencing better KAP.