Research Article

Knowledge of Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Immunization with Hepatitis B Vaccine, Risk Perception, and Challenges to Control Hepatitis among Hospital Workers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

Table 2

Knowledge, routes, and means of infection and at risk population of HBV.

VariablesMedical doctors (%)Nurses (%)Lab technologists (%)Pharmacists (%) value

Aware of HBV (yes) 93/94 (99)159/168 (95)64/68 (94)51/52 (98)0.829
HBV causes liver cancer? (Yes)92/94 (98)107/168 (64)44/68 (65)30/52 (58)0.001
HBV causes liver cirrhosis (yes)91/94 (97)132/168 (79)56/68 (82)40/52 (77)0.001
Infection routes
 Blood (yes)92/94 (98)163/168 (97)64/68 (94)51/52 (98)0.587
 Tear (yes)37/94 (39)41/168 (24)16/68 (24)13/52 (25)0.046
 Saliva (yes)55/94 (59)75/168 (45)28/68 (41)23/52 (44)0.127
 Vaginal/seminal fluid (yes)25/94 (27)126/168 (75)49/68 (72)43/52 (83)0.001
Means of HBV infection
 Exchange of needle (yes)94/94 (100)143/168 (85)56/68 (82)50/52 (96)0.001
 Vertical transmission (yes)86/94 (92)129/168 (77)51/68 (75)34/52 (65)0.001
At risk population
*MSM (yes)91/94 (97)111/168 (66)44/68 (65)38/52 (73)0.001
 Sex workers (yes)93/94 (99)133/168 (79)49/68 (72)46/52 (89)0.001
 Health workers (yes)94/94 (100)154/168 (92)59/68 (87)49/52 (94)0.001
 Long distance drivers (yes)89/94 (95)63/168 (38)18/68 (27)13/52 (25)0.001
 Injection drug users (yes)94/94 (100)140/168 (83)43/68 (63)41/52 (79)0.001
 Sickle cell anaemic patients (yes)70/94 (75)71/168 (42)19/68 (28)15/52 (29)0.001
 Multiple sexual partners (yes)91/94 (97)130/168 (77)47/68 (69)44/52 (85)0.001

MSM: men having sex with men.