Objective: To evaluate the patient acceptance, satisfaction, and possible side effects of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine among Egyptian females.
Patients and Methods : This was a cross-sectional study conducted to evaluate women's HPV infection knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptance in Egypt using a face-to-face interviewing questionnaire. The study included 408 Egyptian females aged 15 to 40 years who attended the gynecology outpatient clinic at Mansoura University Hospitals.
Results: Most of Egyptian females did not know what is HPV, the cause of HPV, and how it spreads. Only 48 females (12%) know about HPV vaccination, however, the majority of females (278 females; 68.1%) accepted to be vaccinated while 130 females refused owing to cost in 104 females (80%) or harm in 26 females (20%) from females who refused. Among the participating females who answered about side effect (104 females) , 23 females (22.1%) confirmed that no side effects of the vaccine while erythema, pain, induration, and myalgia were reported in 39.4%, 36.5%, 0.9%, and 0.9%, respectively. There were statistically significant relations between accepting the vaccine and age (p= 0.005), residence (p= 0.004), marriage duration (p= 0.01), vaginal discharge (p< 0.001), and husband age (p= 0.003). Conclusion: Despite the low level of awareness about the vaccine among our population, we reported the potential acceptability of the vaccine.