Abstract:Objective: To identify the obstacles preventing and controlling hepatitis B and put forward suggestions for its prevention and treatment by describing the discovery process of hepatitis B patients. Methods: We conducted face-to-face interviews with 50 hepatitis B patients in Chongqing, China from July to August 2019 by constructing a thematic analysis framework, which included interviewees’ social demographic characteristics, diagnosis approach, signs and symptoms at the time of discovery, feelings after diagn… Show more
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