| Autor: |
Upadhyay, Dinesh K., Manirajan, Yuvati, Paliwal, Neeraj, Iqbal, Muhammad Z., Pandey, Sonam |
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Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences; 2020 Supplement, Vol. 12, p860-860, 1/3p |
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Introduction: Hepatitis B is one of the life-threatening viral infections. Healthcare professional students especially from 3rd and 4th year degree programme are susceptible to get hepatitis infection due to contact with patients and clinical instruments in their clinical attachments. Objectives: To assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about hepatitis B infection among medical, dental and pharmacy students of a private medical university. Materials and Methods: A crosssectional, questionnaire based study was conducted among medical, dental and pharmacy students of AIMST University, Malaysia. A total 482 students from 3rd and 4th year degree programme enrolled through convenient sampling. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of 34 questions related to hepatitis infection was administered to participants. Data obtained from the students were entered in SPSS version 22. Descriptive analysis and non-parametric tests were used for quantitative analysis as data was not normally distributed on Shapiro-Wilk test. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered for all the analyses. Results: The medical, dental and pharmacy students had good knowledge (mean score: >10), positive attitude (means score: >6) and good practice (means score: >3) about Hepatitis B infection. Mann-Whitney U test determined a significant difference in knowledge (p<0.001) and practice (p<0.001) scores between medical and pharmacy, attitude (p<0.001) scores between medical and dental and, attitude (p<0.001) and practice (p<0.001) scores between pharmacy and dental students. Conclusion: Though, the study revealed a good knowledge, positive attitude and good practice of medical, dental and pharmacy students about hepatitis B infection but a significant difference in knowledge, attitude and practice between the groups recalls an immediate attention to empower their KAP about hepatitis infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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