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Hepatitis B virus infection-related knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices among market traders in Lagos, Nigeria - A cross sectional study

机译：乙型肝炎病毒感染相关的知识，态度和拉各斯，尼日利亚的市场交易者之间的预防措施 - 横断面研究

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Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly infectious and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Prevention of HBV infection can be achieved through safe practices and immunization. The objectives of this study were to assess knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices for HBV infection among market traders in Lagos State, Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study involving 417 market traders in Somolu Local Government Area of Lagos State selected by multistage sampling technique was conducted. A pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20. Chi-square statistics was used to test the association between variables, and the level of significance was set at 5%. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 39.2 ± 12.5 years. About 64% were female, 69.8% were married, and only 15.6% had tertiary education. Majority (97.6%) were aware of HBV infection. Overall, about 80% of the respondents had good knowledge of HBV infection, while 51.8% had good attitude toward HBV prevention, but only 18.5% of them had good preventive practices toward HBV infection. Only 5% of the respondents had completed the three doses of hepatitis B vaccine. Knowledge and preventive practices of the respondents about HBV infection were significantly associated with the level of education and marital status, while attitude to the preventive practices was associated with gender. Respondents' knowledge and attitude were significantly associated with the preventive practices for HBV infection. Conclusion: There is a need to target the traders in the markets and create appropriate awareness, screening, and vaccination programs for the prevention of HBV infection.
机译：背景：乙型肝炎病毒（HBV）是高度传染性和发病率和死亡率的主要原因。通过安全实践和免疫，可以实现预防HBV感染。本研究的目标是评估尼日利亚拉各斯州市场交易员HBV感染的知识，态度和预防措施。方法：进行了一项涉及由多级采样技术选择的拉各斯州萨哥鲁局部政府区域417市场交易员的描述性横断面研究。预测试的面试官管理的调查问卷用于数据收集。使用统计包进行数据分析，为社会科学版本20。Chi-Square统计用于测试变量之间的关联，显着性级别设定为5％。结果：受访者的平均年龄为39.2±12.5岁。大约64％是女性，69.8％已婚，只有15.6％的高等教育。大多数（97.6％）意识到HBV感染。总体而言，大约80％的受访者对HBV感染的良好了解，而51.8％对HBV预防具有良好的态度，但只有18.5％的人对HBV感染有良好的预防措施。只有5％的受访者完成了三剂乙型肝炎疫苗。关于HBV感染的受访者的知识和预防措施与教育和婚姻状况水平显着相关，而对预防措施的态度与性别有关。受访者的知识和态度与HBV感染的预防措施显着相关。结论：有必要针对市场交易商，为预防HBV感染创造适当的意识，筛选和疫苗接种方案。

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