Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in ethnically diverse women living with systemic lupus erythematosus
Authors' conclusion
We found low HPV vaccine uptake among racial and ethnically diverse women with SLE. Older age, Spanish language, increased perceived barriers, and increased cues to action were significantly correlated with HPV vaccination.
Study context
- Population
- Ethnically diverse women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) aged 21–45, for whom the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)median age 33 (IQR 27–40)
- Participants
- 75 women
- Outcome
- Self-reported HPV vaccination as recommended by Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Self-reported HPV vaccination (as recommended by ACIP)
Women with SLE who had received HPV vaccination
20
27%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with HPV vaccination
- Increased 'perceived barriers' (Health Belief Model (HBM)) associated with no vaccination, r
- −0.41, p < 0.01
- Increased 'cues to action' (HBM) associated with increased vaccination, r
- 0.30, p < 0.01
- Age, multivariable-adjusted OR for HPV vaccination
- 0.82 (95% CI 0.73-0.93)
- Older women and Spanish-speaking patients less likely to have received HPV vaccine
- After multivariable adjustment of significant covariates
Original publication
Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in ethnically diverse women living with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. Published 25 October 2025. doi:10.
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