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Knowledge, attitude and practice on hepatitis-B infection among infected patients in a Homoeopathy Medical Center in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

机译:孟加拉国达卡市顺势疗法医疗中心关于感染患者中乙型肝炎感染的知识,态度和实践

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Viral hepatitis is the commonest liver disease in Bangladesh. About 10 million people in Bangladesh have been suffering from hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a potentiality life threatening liver infection caused by HBV. It is a major global health problem and the most serious type of viral hepatitis. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on Hepatitis B Virus infection among the selected patients in Essence Homoeopathy Medical Center, Dhaka. A descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out among 150 samples by using non-randomized purposive sampling technique and by the help of pretested modified questionnaire. Statistical association was calculated by chi-square test and all the Hepatitis B related data were analyzed by the help of SPSS (version 16). The study showed that 73.3% of the respondents’ age ranged from 15-35 years with mean age (32.44±10.54) and of them 96.7% was found to be Muslims. Among injectable drug users (IDUs) (19.3%), 27.6% was sharing same needle. Approximately 5% of the respondents had a history of taking unscreened blood among 28% of the respondents who experienced blood transfusion. Another concerning issue was that 77% of the respondents practiced polygamy sex and among them only 38.8% used protecting device during sexual activity. Majority (70.7%) of the respondents did not take HBV vaccine. Significant statistical association was found between education and vaccination against HBV (p-0.000). To prevent this deadly disease mass awareness has to be created among the people of active age group through media education and policy implementation.South East Asia Journal of Public Health Vol.6(1) 2016: 27-31
机译:病毒性肝炎是孟加拉国最常见的肝病。孟加拉国约有一千万人患有乙型肝炎。乙型肝炎是一种潜在的威胁生命的乙肝病毒感染者。这是一个主要的全球性健康问题,也是最严重的病毒性肝炎类型。这项研究的目的是评估达卡精华顺势疗法医学中心所选患者中乙型肝炎病毒感染的知识,态度和实践。使用非随机的有目的抽样技术并借助预先测试的改良问卷,对150个样本进行了描述性的横断面研究。通过卡方检验计算统计关联,并借助SPSS(版本16)分析所有与乙型肝炎相关的数据。研究表明,73.3%的受访者年龄在15-35岁之间,平均年龄为(32.44±10.54)岁,其中96.7%被发现是穆斯林。在可注射毒品使用者(IDU)中(19.3%),有27.6%的人共用同一根针头。在经历过输血的28%的受访者中,大约5%的受访者有未经筛查的血液史。另一个令人担忧的问题是,有77%的受访者实行一夫多妻制,其中只有38.8%的人在性活动中使用了保护用具。绝大多数(70.7%)的受访者未接种乙肝疫苗。在教育和针对HBV的疫苗接种之间发现了显着的统计关联(p-0.000)。为了预防这种致命疾病,必须通过媒体教育和政策实施在活跃年龄人群中建立大众意识。东南亚公共卫生杂志Vol.6(1)2016:27-31

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