Public knowledge and attitudes toward liver diseases and liver cancer in the Brazilian population: a cross sectional study.
| Autor: | Bittencourt PL; Hospital Português, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Codes L; Hospital Português, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Cesar HF; Instituto Datafolha, São Paulo, Brazil., Gomes Ferraz ML; Disciplina de Gastroenterologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Lancet regional health. Americas [Lancet Reg Health Am] 2023 Jun 08; Vol. 23, pp. 100531. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 08 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100531 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Little is known about the knowledge of the Brazilian population regarding prevention/screening/diagnosis of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We aimed to investigate the public knowledge/attitudes toward liver diseases in Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in which 1.995 adults were prospectively interviewed regarding knowledge about cirrhosis/HCC and attitudes toward vaccination and viral hepatitis (VH) testing. Findings: Most of the Brazilian subjects believe that alcohol abuse (63%-87%), NAFLD (29%-53%) and smoking (31%-47%) are the leading causes of cirrhosis/HCC. VH were less often linked to both diseases. Brazilians agreed that NAFLD is a risk factor for cirrhosis, cancer and cardiovascular diseases; 66%, 48% and 40% were submitted to hepatitis B vaccination and hepatitis B and C testing, particularly those with older age, higher level of education and income. Interpretation: VH was not considered by the majority of the Brazilians as an important cause liver disease, leading a large proportion of those subjects to neglect hepatitis B vaccination and hepatitis B and C testing. Funding: This work was supported by Brazilian Liver Institute. Competing Interests: Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt, Liana Codes, Heloisa Furia Cesar and Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz declared that they have no conflicts of interest. (© 2023 The Author(s).) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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