Knowledge and attitudes of students towards viral hepatitis B and C at the University of Lome

Bagny, A.; Bouglouga, O.; Djibril, Mohaman Awalou; Kaaga, YL; Dusabe, Angelique; Lawson, Adam; Sama, Danny; Rédah, D.

doi:10.1007/s12664-014-0479-6

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“…Similar findings have been reported by medical student in Guilan University, Iran. [9] Whereas our study had reported good knowledge of prevention and treatment of HCV which is better than Guilan University medical students [9] and students of Dammam University [12]. In the present study, overall score of knowledge-based questions, transmission prevention and treatment were significantly high.…”

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confidence: 48%

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Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Hepatitis C Virus among Medical Students in a Tertiary Care

Abrol¹,

Abrol²,

Goyal³

et al. 2020

IJISRT

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Hepatitis C virus infection is a globally prevalent pathogen and is a major cause of health care burden in India. HCV is affecting about 170 million people annually throughout the world. The estimated prevalence of HCV in India is about 0.5-1.5% and is a leading cause of chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma rapidly transmitting as silent killer.This study was planned with an aim to determine awareness about Hepatitis C infection among medical students.A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey containing 30 questions to assess the knowledge about Hepatitis C infection was conducted.Total 125 students participated, overall score of knowledge-based questions and about transmission of HCV infection were satisfactory. Majority of students were aware of HCV transmission and prevention but have not shown good results about laboratory diagnosis.Overall grasp of Hepatitis C by the studied group was good. However, there were serious gap in their knowledge of lab diagnosis which need to be filled. Knowledge about transmission was very good

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confidence: 48%

“…These findings are similar to findings reported by the study in the University of LOME students [11] and also in medical college. Bitola [10] and University of Dammam have also shown high level of awareness of HCV transmission [12]. The students in this study have not shown good results on the laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis C infection.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Hepatitis C Virus among Medical Students in a Tertiary Care

Abrol¹,

Abrol²,

Goyal³

et al. 2020

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“…These results were similar to findings reported by the study in University of Lome students. [14] In the Medical College of Bitola, students showed a high-level of awareness of HCV transmission,[13] and more than half of the medical students in medical colleges of Karachi, Pakistan, revealed excellent knowledge of HBV and HCV transmission. [12]…”

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Hepatitis C infection awareness among fourth year medical students at University of Dammam

Almansour

Darwish

Wahab

2017

J Fam Community Med

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OBJECTIVES:To determine awareness about hepatitis C among 4th -year medical students at Dammam University, on hepatitis C and possible associated factors.MATERIALS AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire comprising questions on awareness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission, screening of the population, symptoms, complications, prevention, and treatment.RESULTS:A total of 201 students participated, with a response rate of 79.8%. About 75% of students had a poor grasp of HCV transmission while the awareness of <25% of students was fair. More than half of students had fair knowledge about screening, prevention, and treatment of HCV. The majority of students were familiar with the clinical presentation and complications of HCV. The overall awareness of the 4th -year medical students on HCV infection was fair, with no significant difference between males and females.CONCLUSIONS:Overall grasp of hepatitis C by the studied group was fair. However, there were serious gaps in their knowledge, which need to be filled or modified, especially knowledge about transmission which was poor.

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“…The impact of education on knowledge about HBV infection had been reported also in studies from Australia (Bagny et al, 2015), Canada (Prodanovska Stojcevska et al, 2010;Khan et al, 2010), British Columbia, China (Hajarizadeh et al, 2015), Kenya (Wu et al, 2009), Poland (Yau et al, 2016)], Singapore (Han et al, 2017) and among Cambodian Americans in the US (Ngaira et al, 2016). But in another study at Malaysia among university students, only 50.3% of the participants had good Knowledge about HBV infection (Ganczak et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 80%

Social Awareness and Knowledge of Parenteral Viral Hepatitis (B and C) Among Residences of Menoufia Governorate, Egypt: A Questionnaire-Based Field Study

Morad

Elsabaawy

Allam

2020

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Egypt had led a unique successful campaign in treating and surveillance of the most prevalent viral infections. However, social awareness evaluation is an unmet need for viral eradication strategic plans. Assess the level of knowledge and awareness of the community about HCV and HBV infections. This community-based cross-sectional survey, was conducted between November 2018 and March 2019 in Menofia Governorate, Egypt. A well-structured pretested questionnaire testing knowledge and awareness regarding HBV and HCV infections and their modes of transmission in 14000 medical and non-medical, urban and rural participants. Knowledge about HBV found to be good regarding transmission (81.9% correct answers), while in cure 51.7% of participants gave false answers. For HCV infection, good knowledge (79.3% of correct answers) was documented, while the curable nature of disease was denied in 40.9%. Blood and blood products (53.2%), sexual contact (27.8%), mother to child during delivery (7.3%) and others were reported as the commonest modes of transmission of HCV respectively. Television and newspapers were the main sources of knowledge (33 and 22% respectively). On asking participants about precautions against HCV infections, 30.2% stated that they are being educated on this issue, 22.3% had heard something like that and 47.5% of participants did not know anything about that. Multivariate logistic regression revealed that for both HBV and HCV knowledge and awareness were affected by age, residence and level of education. Despite the good results, levels of social awareness should be more elevated for proper viral eradication programs.

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Knowledge and attitudes of students towards viral hepatitis B and C at the University of Lome

Cited by 8 publications

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Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Hepatitis C Virus among Medical Students in a Tertiary Care

Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Hepatitis C Virus among Medical Students in a Tertiary Care

Hepatitis C infection awareness among fourth year medical students at University of Dammam

Social Awareness and Knowledge of Parenteral Viral Hepatitis (B and C) Among Residences of Menoufia Governorate, Egypt: A Questionnaire-Based Field Study

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