Attitudes and awareness regarding Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C amongst health-care workers of a tertiary Hospital in India

Setia, Sajita; Gambhir, RS; Kapoor, Vinod; Jindal, Govind; Garg, Sandeep

doi:10.4103/2141-9248.122105

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“…Responders’ knowledge score in all domains were higher than among advanced educational level. Our results are in line with the findings from studies reported more educated worker related with more knowledge toward HBV and HCV [15, 23, 24]. Setia et al investigated awareness toward HBV and HCV amongst HCWs of a tertiary level hospital in India, indicated nursing students’ knowledge was considerably lower than the dental and medical students [24] As well as, a study in Turkey indicated that mean knowledge score was significantly higher in fourth-year students than third-year students [25].…”

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confidence: 93%

Nurses’ Knowledge toward Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Guilan, Iran

Joukar

Mansour-Ghanaei

Naghipour

et al. 2017

TONURSJ

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Background:Health care workers (HCWs) represent high risk population for viral hepatitis infection.Objectives:This study sought to assess the knowledge of HCWs regarding hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) infection.Methods:In a multi-center cross sectional study, all HCWs from eight teaching hospitals were invited to participate in the study and to fill in a self-administered questionnaire.Results:A total of 1008 eligible HCWs have responded to the study. A high proportion of the study participants (55.4% and 52.9%) had unsatisfactory knowledge about HBV and HCV. Mean knowledge score toward HBV was significantly higher among more educated staff, p <0.001 and vaccinated personnel, P=0.02. Majority of responders answered correctly to transmission questions toward HBV and HCV (90% and 80%, respectively). There was statistically significant difference in only transmission domain score between various hospitals (p<0.05). The highest scores were related to surgical hospital.Conclusion:Although more than ninety percent of our participants were educated about HBV and HCV, knowledge about nature of disease, prevention, treatment and vaccine availability was unsatisfactory. Continuous training program toward viral infection is a matter of necessity.

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confidence: 93%

Nurses’ Knowledge toward Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Guilan, Iran

Joukar

Mansour-Ghanaei

Naghipour

et al. 2017

TONURSJ

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“…This may be due to their lack of awareness regarding the various modes of transmission of HBV. If this misconception is not guarded against, it may lead to refusal of treatment and a decline in the quality of medical care provided [8]. In contrast, dental students (88.3%) showed more willingness towards treating patients with HBV.…”

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“…Healthcare professionals are at an increased risk of acquiring blood-borne infectious diseases [6-8]. These individuals are prone to needle-stick injuries during procedures, leading to inadvertent inoculation of infected blood [2].…”

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Comparison of Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Hepatitis B among Healthcare Professionals in Pakistan

Ali¹,

Khan²,

Malik³

et al. 2017

Cureus

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AimHepatitis B virus (HBV) is a blood-borne infectious disease. It is one of the most common causes of end-stage liver disease, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Healthcare professionals, including medical and dental students, are at a high risk of acquiring this infection. The aim of this study was to compare and contrast the knowledge and attitudes toward HBV infection amongst doctors, dentists, nurses, and undergraduate final year medical and dental students.Subjects and methodA cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample size of 381 medical professionals, which included doctors (59), dentists (77), nurses (71), final year medical students (126), and final year dental students (48) at Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (CMH LMC). A questionnaire comprising 27 multiple choice questions was distributed amongst the groups mentioned above. The questionnaire aimed to assess basic knowledge, attitudes towards those infected, and knowledge about vaccination against HBV.ResultsThe total response rate was 88.8% (382/430 respondents returned the questionnaire). The mean ± standard deviation (SD) score for all healthcare professionals in knowledge was 15.54 ± 3.69 and attitude were 4.67 ± 1.37, which indicated that majority of the healthcare professionals were well informed about hepatitis B and generally exhibited positive attitudes. However, results revealed that medical students lacked adequate knowledge about various aspects of HBV infection, including modes of transmission and prevention methods against the disease. On the other hand, dental students were better informed and exhibited a more positive attitude towards the disease.ConclusionAccording to the results of our study, medical students showed poor knowledge about hepatitis B disease, including its modes of transmission and the option of vaccination. Lack of knowledge contributed significantly to their negative attitudes towards those suffering from the disease, which has the potential to considerably affect the quality of patient care and the doctor-patient relationship. Major steps should be taken towards improving the curriculum followed at medical colleges in Pakistan. More emphasis should be laid on providing knowledge during early academic years and increasing the amount of clinical exposure. Frequent workshops and seminars should be organized in order to provide up-to-date knowledge about HBV infection and means of prevention to both healthcare professionals and students.

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“…Khartoum State has seven localities within an area of 22.000 km 2 and approximately 6,430,000 inhabitants according to 2008 census of Sudan. The study populations were village midwives.…”

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“…Almost all types of health care workers are at the risk of having Hepatitis B virus and they must acquire a higher level of knowledge for protection. Awareness about modes of transmission of Hepatitis B virus and vaccination is essential for universal precautions among the health care workers, where it was found that the knowledge is correlated positively with the behavior [2,3]. Globally, the attribute fractions of risk among health care workers to acquire blood borne diseases due to percutaneous injuries are 37% for Hepatitis B virus, 39% for Hepatitis C virus, and 4.4% for Human Immunodeficiency Virus [4].…”

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confidence: 99%