Effect of Peer Education on Knowledge of Human Papilloma Virus and Cervical Cancer among Female Adolescent Students in Benin City, Nigeria

Ayebo Evawere Sadoh; Chukwunwendu Okonkwobo; Damian Uchechukwu Nwaneri; Bamidele Charity Ogboghodo; Charles Eregiea; Osawaru Oviawe; Omolara Famuyiwa

doi:10.29024/aogh.24

Effect of Peer Education on Knowledge of Human Papilloma Virus and Cervical Cancer among Female Adolescent Students in Benin City, Nigeria

Volume 84 (2018): Issue 1

By: Ayebo Evawere Sadoh, Chukwunwendu Okonkwobo, Damian Uchechukwu Nwaneri, Bamidele Charity Ogboghodo, Charles Eregiea, Osawaru Oviawe and Omolara Famuyiwa

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|Apr 2018

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of students in the seminar and school cohorts.

Characteristic	Seminar cohort		School cohort (Pre-intervention)		School cohort (Post-intervention)
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%
Mean age in years (SD)	124	13.71 (1.71)	1337	13.01 (1.82)	1201	13.36 (1.64)
Fathers LOE
Nil	3	2.4	50	3.7	36	3.0
Primary	23	18.5	196	14.7	222	18.5
Secondary	46	37.1	628	47.0	667	55.5
Tertiary	52	41.9	446	33.3	276	23.0
Not indicated	–	–	18	1.3	–	–
Mothers LOE
Nil	0	0.0	72	5.4	9	0.8
Primary	29	23.4	208	15.6	285	23.7
Secondary	74	59.7	813	60.8	735	61.2
Tertiary	21	16.9	225	16.8	172	14.3
Not indicated	–	–	19	1.4	–	–
Type of school
Junior secondary	65	52.4	873	67.5	724	61.6
Senior secondary	59	47.6	420	32.5	452	38.4
Religion
Christian	122	98.4	1190	99.1	1214	90.8
Muslim	2	1.6	11	0.9	118	8.8
Not indicated	–	–	–	–	5	0.4

[i] LOE-Level of education, SD-Standard deviation.

Table 2

Knowledge of students in the seminar and school cohorts about risk factors, treatment and prevention of HPV and cervical cancer.

Seminar Cohort					School Cohort
Pre n = 124%		Post n = 124 %		p value	Pre n = 1337%		Post n = 1201%		p value
Ever heard of CC	18	14.5	120	96.8	< 0.0001	198	14.8	1174	97.8	< 0.0001
CC uncommon in Nigeria	92	74.2	113	91.1	< 0.0018	940	70.3	1101	91.7	< 0.0001
Staph aureus	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	68	5.1	1191	99.2	< 0.0001
Human Papilloma virus	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	32	2.4	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Gonorrhea	1	0.8	122	98.4	< 0.0001	37	2.8	1180	98.3	< 0.0001
Syphilis	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	97	7.3	1191	99.2	< 0.0001
Multiple partners	0	0.0	109	87.9	< 0.0001	380	28.4	1101	91.7	< 0.0001
One sexual partner	0	0.0	108	87.1	< 0.0001	351	26.3	1093	91.0	< 0.0001
Presence of STI	0	0.0	124	100.0	< 0.0001	99	7.4	1181	98.3	< 0.0001
Bathe with hot water	0	0.0	94	75.8	< 0.0001	365	27.3	937	78.0	< 0.0001
Married women only	1	0.8	94	75.8	< 0.0001	122	9.1	910	75.8	< 0.0001
Young girls only	0	0.0	106	85.5	< 0.0001	362	27.1	1075	89.5	< 0.0001
Older women only	1	0.8	10	8.1	0.0100	186	13.9	984	81.9	< 0.0001
Those with children	0	0.0	117	94.4	< 0.0001	152	11.4	937	78.0	< 0.0001
Antibiotics	0	0.0	109	87.9	< 0.0001	90	6.7	1117	93.0	< 0.0001
Surgery	54	43.5	118	95.2	< 0.0001	505	37.8	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Cold water bath	90	72.6	123	99.2	< 0.0001	622	46.5	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Radiotherapy	43	34.7	74	59.7	0.0001	334	25.0	1099	91.5	< 0.0001
Abstinence	92	74.2	71	57.3	0.0073	621	46.5	616	51.3	0.1200
Pap smear	123	99.2	123	99.2	1.5020	585	43.8	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Vaccination	123	99.2	123	99.2	1.5020	460	34.4	1192	99.3	< 0.0001
Better to treat than prevent	0	0.0	105	84.7	< 0.0001	437	32.7	1063	88.5	< 0.0001

[i] Pre – Pre-training, Post – Post-training, CC – cervical cancer, STI – sexually transmitted infection, Staph – Staphylococcus.

Table 3

Pre- and Post-intervention mean knowledge scores of students in the seminar and school cohorts by class and age.

Variable	Seminar cohort						School cohort
	n	Pre		Post		p value	n	Pre		n	Post		p value
	n	MKS	SD	MKS	SD	p value	n	MKS	SD	n	MKS	SD	p value
Overall	124	12.94	9.23	60.39	9.75	< 0.0001	1319	12.07	9.74	1201	53.74	10.69	< 0.0001
JSS1	5	13.6	14.03	55.00	8.25	< 0.0012	297	11.57	10.00	37	53.08	11.76	< 0.0001
JSS2	19	17.68	11.65	59.16	9.00	< 0.0001	151	12.05	9.06	196	53.88	10.44	< 0.0001
JSS3	41	10.54	8.89	60.57	10.21	< 0.0001	425	12.15	9.53	483	53.28	10.84	< 0.0001
SS1	26	12.62	8.66	59.54	10.51	< 0.0001	176	11.70	9.66	165	55.59	10.63	< 0.0001
SS2	18	12.0	7.88	61.56	8.36	< 0.0001	135	12.41	10.91	174	53.15	10.44	< 0.0001
SS3	15	14.93	7.32	63.14	10.43	< 0.0001	109	13.10	10.24	111	53.37	10.90	< 0.0001
9	1	12.00	–	60.00	–	< 0.0001	2	4.00	5.66	3	56.00	14.42	< 0.0001
10	3	6.67	11.55	52.00	6.93	< 0.0001	125	10.85	8.89	49	55.67	10.03	< 0.0001
11	5	14.40	8.76	58.40	10.04	< 0.0001	129	12.99	11.08	75	53.92	10.69	< 0.0001
12	21	15.62	9.79	59.24	9.35	< 0.0001	299	11.49	9.05	216	52.95	10.34	< 0.0001
13	34	12.24	11.40	60.24	10.65	< 0.0001	319	12.29	9.82	378	53.59	10.95	< 0.0001
14	15	12.80	6.45	56.53	8.80	< 0.0001	134	11.49	9.45	157	53.10	10.81	< 0.0001
15	22	10.91	8.66	62.18	9.70	< 0.0001	144	12.86	10.82	173	54.26	10.21	< 0.0001
16	19	13.89	7.47	63.33	8.92	< 0.0001	141	12.82	10.13	106	55.25	11.13	< 0.0001
17	4	12.94	9.27	68.00	9.24	< 0.0001	26	11.85	9.01	34	52.59	11.41	< 0.0001

[i] MKS – Mean knowledge Score, SD – standard deviation, JSS – Junior secondary school, SS – Senior Secondary.

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