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Knowledge, attitudes and medical practice regarding hepatitis B prevention and management among healthcare workers in Northern Vietnam


Autoři: Thi T. Hang Pham aff001;  Thuy X. Le aff002;  Dong T. Nguyen aff002;  Chau M. Luu aff002;  Bac D. Truong aff002;  Phu D. Tran aff002;  Mehlika Toy aff001;  Selen Bozkurt aff003;  Samuel So aff001
Působiště autorů: Asian Liver Center, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America aff001;  General Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam aff002;  Department of Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America aff003
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(10)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223733

Souhrn

Background and aim

Vietnam’s burden of liver cancer is largely due to its high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This study aimed to examine healthcare workers’ (HCWs) knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HBV prevention and management.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey among health care workers working at primary and tertiary facilities in two Northern provinces in Vietnam in 2017. A standardized questionnaire was administered to randomly selected HCWs. Multivariate regression was used to identify predictors of the HBV knowledge score.

Results

Among the 314 participants, 75.5% did not know HBV infection at birth carries the highest risk of developing chronic infection. The median knowledge score was 25 out of 42 (59.5%). About one third (30.2%) wrongly believed that HBV can be transmitted through eating or sharing food with chronic hepatitis B patients. About 38.8% did not feel confident that the hepatitis B vaccine is safe. Only 30.1% provided correct answers to all the questions on injection safety. Up to 48.2% reported they consistently recap needles with two hands after injection, a practice that would put them at greater risk of needle stick injury. About 24.2% reported having been pricked by a needle at work within the past 12 months. More than 40% were concerned about having casual contact or sharing food with a person with chronic hepatitis B infection (CHB). In multivariate analysis, physicians scored significantly higher compared to other healthcare professionals. Having received training regarding hepatitis B within the last two years was also significantly associated with a better HBV knowledge score.

Conclusions

Findings from the survey indicated an immediate need to implement an effective hepatitis B education and training program to build capacity among Vietnam’s healthcare workers in hepatitis B prevention and control and to dispel hepatitis B stigma.

Klíčová slova:

Physicians – Hepatitis B virus – Vaccination and immunization – Vaccines – Eating – Hepatocellular carcinoma – Vietnam – Hepatitis B


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