Knowledge of Healthcare Professionals on Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Uptake in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria.

Autor:	Suleiman ST; Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Ogunfemi MK; Department of Haematology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Bojuwoye MO; Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Omokanye KO; Department of Haematology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Bello AH; Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Idris SO; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Ahmed A; Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria., Oni JO; Department of Anaesthesia, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria., Imran J; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria., Oyewopo CI; Department of Anaesthesia, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	West African journal of medicine [West Afr J Med] 2023 Aug 28; Vol. 40 (8), pp. 808-813.
Abstrakt:	Background/objectives: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a key role in the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. HCPs are expected to have adequate basic knowledge of HBV and readily uptake HBV vaccination as they are a high-risk group, especially those that have direct contact with blood and/or blood products. This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge of and vaccination uptake of HBV among HCPs in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain data from different categories of HCPs in a tertiary hospital. The associations between categorical variables were tested using Chi-square test and a P value of 0.05 or less was considered significant. Results: A total of 355 HCPs comprising 149 medical doctors, 180 nurses and 26 laboratory scientists participated in the study. Majority (90.0%) of the respondents correctly identified blood and/or blood products transfusion, needle stick injury, sharing of sharps and vertical transmission as routes of HBV transmission. About 83.4% of the participants were aware that HBV could be transmitted through unprotected sex. However, 39.2% and 15.8% of the participants reported kissing and HBV vaccination as routes of transmission, respectively. Their knowledge and uptake of HBV vaccination was, however, good. Conclusion: While majority of the HCPs had good knowledge of the routes of HBV transmission, few still had misconceptions about the routes of transmission, a situation which may cause social discord in the society especially among closely related individuals and potentially result in poor uptake of the highly effective HBV vaccine. Competing Interests: The authors declare that no competing interest exists. (Copyright © 2023 by West African Journal of Medicine.)
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