Hepatitis Research and Treatment / 2015 / Article / Tab 2 / 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.
Variables Medical doctors (%) Nurses (%) Lab technologists (%) Pharmacists (%) valueAware 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.