Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and Attendants
Background: To determine the level of awareness amongst the patients and their attendants about hepatitis B virus and its vaccination. Methods: In this descriptive study patients and their attendants attending the out patient department were subjected to a questionnaire about different aspects of he...
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Rawalpindi Medical University
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| description | Background: To determine the level of awareness
amongst the patients and their attendants about hepatitis B
virus and its vaccination.
Methods: In this descriptive study patients and their
attendants attending the out patient department were
subjected to a questionnaire about different aspects of
hepatitis B.
Results: Seven hundred and eighty individuals (65%
patients, 35% non-patients) were studied. Majority (77%)
were male. Awareness about the disease and the vaccine
was 61% and 39%, respectively. Educated individuals and
those who read newspapers and listened to radio were
more aware about hepatitis B vaccine (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: Awareness level about the hepatitis B
infection in army personnel/families and its vaccination is
satisfactory as compared to civil population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fbad62d88c54eb7a7cfbf1d26a61d792022-12-22T03:16:45ZengRawalpindi Medical UniversityJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College1683-35621683-35702012-12-01162Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and AttendantsAbid Ullah Khan,0Department of Medicine, Military Hospital RawalpindiBackground: To determine the level of awareness amongst the patients and their attendants about hepatitis B virus and its vaccination. Methods: In this descriptive study patients and their attendants attending the out patient department were subjected to a questionnaire about different aspects of hepatitis B. Results: Seven hundred and eighty individuals (65% patients, 35% non-patients) were studied. Majority (77%) were male. Awareness about the disease and the vaccine was 61% and 39%, respectively. Educated individuals and those who read newspapers and listened to radio were more aware about hepatitis B vaccine (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Awareness level about the hepatitis B infection in army personnel/families and its vaccination is satisfactory as compared to civil population.https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/590Chronic liver diseaseHepatitis B. |
| spellingShingle | Abid Ullah Khan, Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and Attendants Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College Chronic liver disease Hepatitis B. |
| title | Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and Attendants |
| title_full | Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and Attendants |
| title_fullStr | Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and Attendants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and Attendants |
| title_short | Awareness About Hepatitis B in Patients and Attendants |
| title_sort | awareness about hepatitis b in patients and attendants |
| topic | Chronic liver disease Hepatitis B. |
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