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Parents’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Intention Toward Vaccinate their Daughters Against Human Papilloma Virus in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Johara AL-Amri, Dr: Nadia Abdelhamed Eltohamy

Abstract

Background: Parents play an important role in encouraging their daughters to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, as it is an effective way to prevent cervical cancer and other types of cancer associated with HPV. To obtain the optimal vaccine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it is important to evaluate the parents’ level of knowledge and aṄtude, in addition to their intention to vaccinate their daughters. aim: To assess parents’ knowledge, aṄtude, and intention toward vaccinating their daughters against HPV in King Saudi Arabia.

Method: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional design was used to recruit a convenience sample of 259 parents whose daughters are between 9 and 12 years old in elementary government schools in Jeddah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the period from February 2024 to April 2024. Data were collected using two tools: The first tool was a self-administered questionnaire to identify the knowledge among parents regarding HPV. The second tool was a 5-point Likert scale to assess the parents’ aṄtudes and intentions toward vaccinating their daughters against the human papillomavirus.

Result: The result of the study revealed that 67.6% of the studied parents had a poor level of knowledge, and 38.6% of them had a positive aṄtude regarding the HPV vaccine. It was added that the most associated factors that affected the studied parents 'intentions regarding vaccinating their daughters with the HPV vaccine were their level of knowledge and aṄtude towards their HPV infection and vaccine.

Conclusion: Still, there is a lack of knowledge and aṄtude among parents regarding the role of the HPV vaccine in preventing cervical cancer, which subsequently affects their intention to vaccinate their daughters.

Keywords : Human Papilloma Virus, intention, knowledge, aṄtude, and vaccine.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty