Are Socio-Economic Determinants Important for Patient’s Knowledge, Attitude and Practice: Evidence from Hepatitis-C Patients

Tahir, Nida; Amin, Saqib; Rafiq, Muhammad Tariq

doi:10.32413/pjph.v10i3.468

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“…Beberapa studi terkait faktor risiko infeksi hepatitis C telah dilakukan (4)(5)(6). Penularan infeksi hepatitis C diketahui menyebar terutama melalui kontak dengan darah dan produk darah (7).…”

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Analisis Deskripsi Faktor Risiko Infeksi Hepatitis C

Djuwita¹,

Hikmah²

2023

Media Publ. Promosi Kesehat. Indones

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Latar belakang: Infeksi Virus Hepatitis C (HCV) menimbulkan masalah yang signifikan dalam kesehatan masyarakat. Tingkat infeksi HCV tetap tinggi, terutama di kalangan pengguna narkoba suntikan usia dewasa muda. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan beberapa faktor risiko terhadap terjadinya infeksi HCV. Metode: Desain penelitian adalah cross-sectional. Pengambilan data dilakukan di RSUD Tebet, dimana sampelnya adalah seluruh pasien yang melakukan pemeriksaan anti-HCV di laboratorium dari Januari 2018-Desember 2020 dan berusia di atas 15 tahun. Peneliti menilai faktor seperti usia, jenis kelamin, tingkat pendidikan, pekerjaan, status pernikahan, tempat tinggal, pengguna narkoba suntik (Penasun), dan status serologis HCV. Hasil: Hasil menunjukkan berdasarkan jenis kelamin, 41,3% kasus positif ditemukan diantara pasien laki-laki dan 21,1% diantara pasien perempuan. Pada kelompok pasien usia 40-49 tahun, sebagian besar dinyatakan positif HCV (51,4%). Berdasarkan status pernikahan pasien, pendidikan, dan pekerjaan sebagian besar ditemukan negatif. Sebanyak lebih dari 50% pasien yang berasal dari luar DKI Jakarta ditemukan positif HCV. Kesimpulan: Karakteristik pasien (usia, jenis kelamin, menikah, pendidikan, pekerjaan dan tempat tinggal) dan riwayat penasun ditemukan sebagai faktor risiko potensial terhadap terjadinya infeksi HCV.

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Analisis Deskripsi Faktor Risiko Infeksi Hepatitis C

Djuwita¹,

Hikmah²

2023

Media Publ. Promosi Kesehat. Indones

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“…Hepatitis strongly hit the economic conditions of the patients and their families as well. It was found in the different studies that the patients did not have the affordability to cure the disease due to the lack of financial resources (Bhatti et al, 2017;Tahir, Amin & Rafiq, 2020).…”

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Assessing the Quality of Life of Hepatitis-C Patients in Orientation of Their Families in Southern Punjab

Jalil¹

2021

JDSS

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The situation of Hepatitis C remains a challenge for public health providers as well as for patients and families also. The situation in developing countries is getting worse. This study was designed to examine the effects of hepatitis C, especially on the patients and their families as well, the impact on both and barriers in treatment that they faced. Furthermore, depression is significantly and positively correlated with stigmatization, economic effect, impact on family and treatment barriers while significantly and negatively correlated with quality of life. Similarly, quality of life is significantly and negatively correlated with stigmatization, economic effect, impact on family, and treatment barriers. Economic effect significantly and positively correlated with impact on family and treatment barriers. The impact on family and treatment barriers is significantly and positively correlated with each other. It was also concluded that anxiety and stress, depression, stigmatization, economic effect, and impact on family significantly negatively predict the quality of life while treatment barriers don't significantly predict the quality of life. This study suggests that there is a need to launch a proper vaccination program to eradicate chronic disease.

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Are Socio-Economic Determinants Important for Patient’s Knowledge, Attitude and Practice: Evidence from Hepatitis-C Patients

Cited by 2 publications

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Analisis Deskripsi Faktor Risiko Infeksi Hepatitis C

Analisis Deskripsi Faktor Risiko Infeksi Hepatitis C

Assessing the Quality of Life of Hepatitis-C Patients in Orientation of Their Families in Southern Punjab

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