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Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran

OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem worldwide with serious complications. According to the importance of intravenous drug use (IDU) as the main risk factor for HCV infection and transmission and prison as the main source of risky behaviors, this study condu...

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Autores principales: Kassaian, Nazila, Adibi, Peyman, Kafashaian, Alireza, Yaran, Majid, Nokhodian, Zary, Shoaei, Parisa, Hassannejad, Razieh, Babak, Anahita, Ataei, Behrooz
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22826759
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author Kassaian, Nazila
Adibi, Peyman
Kafashaian, Alireza
Yaran, Majid
Nokhodian, Zary
Shoaei, Parisa
Hassannejad, Razieh
Babak, Anahita
Ataei, Behrooz
author_facet Kassaian, Nazila
Adibi, Peyman
Kafashaian, Alireza
Yaran, Majid
Nokhodian, Zary
Shoaei, Parisa
Hassannejad, Razieh
Babak, Anahita
Ataei, Behrooz
author_sort Kassaian, Nazila
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description OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem worldwide with serious complications. According to the importance of intravenous drug use (IDU) as the main risk factor for HCV infection and transmission and prison as the main source of risky behaviors, this study conducted to define HCV infection and related risk factors in prison inmates with history of IDU in Isfahan province, Iran. METHODS: This is a cross –sectional study which the prison inmates with IDU history in voluntary basis were enrolled. A validated questionnaire was asked and blood sample was obtained from each subject for the presence of HCV antibody. Odds ratio and logistic regression were used for data analysis and P-value < 0.05 considered significant. RESULTS: I943 inmates with history of IDU participated in the study. The overall prevalence of HCV antibody was 41.6%. The main independent risk factors were number of injection in the month [OR: 1.006 (1.002- 1.011)], Length of drug addiction [OR: 1.05 (1.004-1.098)], multiple incarceration [OR: 1.15 (1.05-1.23)] and use of needle/syringe share inside prison [OR: 4.19 (2.22-7.9)]. In our study, marriage was a protective factor for HCV infection [OR: 0.34 (0.18-0.64)] as well. CONCLUSIONS: According to relatively high prevalence of HCV infection and associated risk factors which observed in this study it is important to primary prevention in prisons through syringe/needle exchange and counsel with imprisoned IDUs.
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spelling pubmed-33993002012-07-23 Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran Kassaian, Nazila Adibi, Peyman Kafashaian, Alireza Yaran, Majid Nokhodian, Zary Shoaei, Parisa Hassannejad, Razieh Babak, Anahita Ataei, Behrooz Int J Prev Med Original Article OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem worldwide with serious complications. According to the importance of intravenous drug use (IDU) as the main risk factor for HCV infection and transmission and prison as the main source of risky behaviors, this study conducted to define HCV infection and related risk factors in prison inmates with history of IDU in Isfahan province, Iran. METHODS: This is a cross –sectional study which the prison inmates with IDU history in voluntary basis were enrolled. A validated questionnaire was asked and blood sample was obtained from each subject for the presence of HCV antibody. Odds ratio and logistic regression were used for data analysis and P-value < 0.05 considered significant. RESULTS: I943 inmates with history of IDU participated in the study. The overall prevalence of HCV antibody was 41.6%. The main independent risk factors were number of injection in the month [OR: 1.006 (1.002- 1.011)], Length of drug addiction [OR: 1.05 (1.004-1.098)], multiple incarceration [OR: 1.15 (1.05-1.23)] and use of needle/syringe share inside prison [OR: 4.19 (2.22-7.9)]. In our study, marriage was a protective factor for HCV infection [OR: 0.34 (0.18-0.64)] as well. CONCLUSIONS: According to relatively high prevalence of HCV infection and associated risk factors which observed in this study it is important to primary prevention in prisons through syringe/needle exchange and counsel with imprisoned IDUs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3399300/ /pubmed/22826759 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Preventive Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kassaian, Nazila
Adibi, Peyman
Kafashaian, Alireza
Yaran, Majid
Nokhodian, Zary
Shoaei, Parisa
Hassannejad, Razieh
Babak, Anahita
Ataei, Behrooz
Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran
title Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran
title_full Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran
title_fullStr Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran
title_short Hepatitis C Virus and Associated Risk Factors among Prison Inmates with History of Drug Injection in Isfahan, Iran
title_sort hepatitis c virus and associated risk factors among prison inmates with history of drug injection in isfahan, iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22826759
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