Hepatitis B virus vaccination status and associated factors among health care workers in Shashemene Zonal Town, Shashemene, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
| Autor: | Zewdie Aderaw, Bereket Gebremichael, Tsega-Ab Abebaw |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine Hepatitis B virus medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study Health Personnel 030106 microbiology lcsh:Medicine medicine.disease_cause General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Health care Global health Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:Science (General) lcsh:QH301-705.5 business.industry Public health Vaccination lcsh:R General Medicine Hepatitis C Middle Aged Hepatitis B medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies lcsh:Biology (General) Immunology Female Ethiopia business Research Article lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017) BMC Research Notes |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13104-017-2582-0 |
| Popis: | Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a major global health problem. More than three-quarters of HBV infection occur in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring HBV, hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections via exposure to patients’ blood and bodily fluids. HBV infection is a recognized occupational hazard, and non-immune health professionals are at risk of acquiring the infection from their work. This study was intended to assess the level of HBV vaccination status and factors affecting the vaccination status of health care workers in Shashemene Zonal Town. Methods Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted and a simple random sampling technique was used to select study subjects. A total of 423 HCWs were enrolled in the study. A structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the required information through a face to face interview. Finally, data were processed and analyzed using Epi info version 7 and SPSS version 21. Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to assess the effect of the various factors on vaccination status of HCWs. p value ≤0.05 at 95% CI was considered statistically significant. Results Overall, 53 (12.9%) respondents were found to be fully vaccinated. The multivariable logistic regression showed that, those respondents who are female, had ≥10 years of work experience and those working at governmental health care institutions were significantly associated with vaccination status (AOR = 3.84, 12.51, 2.45 respectively). Conclusion Our study revealed that vaccination status of subjects was below the WHO’s estimation of vaccination rate among HCWs in developing countries and was very poor when compared with other countries. This is a serious public health problem and challenge for a country with high prevalence of hepatitis B infection. |
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