Conocimiento sobre el virus del papiloma humano en estudiantes mujeres de la Carrera de Enfermería

Abstract

The knowledge of nursing students during their professional training about the human papillomavirus (HPV) is paramount because of its impact on public health and the role nursing plays in education and prevention. The knowledge of nursing students during their professional training about human papillomavirus is essential because of the impact on public health and the role that nursing plays in education and prevention, young people being a risk group when they omit preventive measures in consequences can acquire HPV. With the objective of determining the knowledge about the human papillomavirus in female students of the Nursing career from the Technical University of Ambato. A non-experimental descriptive quantitative approach study was carried out, with a convenience sampling of 222 students. The information was collected through an 18- question questionnaire validated by experts, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89. The results show that 59.0% of the students surveyed are not sexually active and 41.0% are sexually active; in addition, most of them know about transmission routes, risk factors and prevention, 49.5% do not have any doses of the vaccine and 72.5% stated that they have not had a Pap smear test. In conclusion, it is shown that the knowledge of the students is high, however, it is important to sensitize the student about preventive methods such as the vaccine and the Pap test.