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Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hepatitis B is an occupational health hazard to health-care workers. The complete knowledge of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission and prevention is indispensable for medical students. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness of hepatitis B among prec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143696 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.AJM_164_18 |
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author | Sannathimmappa, Mohan B. Nambiar, Vinod Arvindakshan, Rajeev |
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description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hepatitis B is an occupational health hazard to health-care workers. The complete knowledge of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission and prevention is indispensable for medical students. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness of hepatitis B among preclinical year medical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A predesigned self-administered questionnaire concerning hepatitis B knowledge and awareness was distributed to all the preclinical year medical students. The data were collected, tabulated, and analyzed by Microsoft Excel and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 22. The results were expressed in numbers and percentages. RESULTS: Of 251 students, only 132 students voluntarily participated in the study. Majority of the students (84.8%) were aware of HBV infection. Many students knew that blood transfusion (81.1%) and use of contaminated needles and syringes (74.2%) are major modes of transmission. However, less than 30% of the students had knowledge about other modes of transmission. More than 50% of the students lacked in their knowledge about clinical features and complications of hepatitis B infection. Majority of students (72.7%) were aware of HBV vaccination. However, many students did not know their vaccination status, whereas only 23.5% of the students were fully immunized. CONCLUSION: This study revealed lack of complete knowledge regarding hepatitis B among preclinical year medical students. They are at high risk of acquiring HBV infection during their clinical practice, later in life. Hence, implementation of well-structured education program in the first year itself is needed to create complete awareness among medical students about hepatitis B. |
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spelling | pubmed-65302722019-05-29 Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students Sannathimmappa, Mohan B. Nambiar, Vinod Arvindakshan, Rajeev Avicenna J Med Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hepatitis B is an occupational health hazard to health-care workers. The complete knowledge of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission and prevention is indispensable for medical students. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness of hepatitis B among preclinical year medical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A predesigned self-administered questionnaire concerning hepatitis B knowledge and awareness was distributed to all the preclinical year medical students. The data were collected, tabulated, and analyzed by Microsoft Excel and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 22. The results were expressed in numbers and percentages. RESULTS: Of 251 students, only 132 students voluntarily participated in the study. Majority of the students (84.8%) were aware of HBV infection. Many students knew that blood transfusion (81.1%) and use of contaminated needles and syringes (74.2%) are major modes of transmission. However, less than 30% of the students had knowledge about other modes of transmission. More than 50% of the students lacked in their knowledge about clinical features and complications of hepatitis B infection. Majority of students (72.7%) were aware of HBV vaccination. However, many students did not know their vaccination status, whereas only 23.5% of the students were fully immunized. CONCLUSION: This study revealed lack of complete knowledge regarding hepatitis B among preclinical year medical students. They are at high risk of acquiring HBV infection during their clinical practice, later in life. Hence, implementation of well-structured education program in the first year itself is needed to create complete awareness among medical students about hepatitis B. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6530272/ /pubmed/31143696 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.AJM_164_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Avicenna Journal of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sannathimmappa, Mohan B. Nambiar, Vinod Arvindakshan, Rajeev Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students |
title | Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students |
title_full | Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students |
title_fullStr | Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students |
title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students |
title_short | Hepatitis B: Knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students |
title_sort | hepatitis b: knowledge and awareness among preclinical year medical students |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143696 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.AJM_164_18 |
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