PMID- 37398757
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230704
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 5
DP  - 2023 May
TI  - Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) Toward Hepatitis B 
      Infection, Its Prevention, and Vaccination Among Health Care Workers.
PG  - e39747
LID - 10.7759/cureus.39747 [doi]
LID - e39747
AB  - BACKGROUND: Health Care workers (HCWs) have an approximate four-fold increased 
      risk of contracting hepatitis B infection than the normal population. A lack of 
      knowledge and practices regarding precautions has been frequently observed. We 
      aimed to do a knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) study regarding hepatitis 
      B prevention measures among HCWs. METHODS: The study enrolled 250 HCWs. A 
      questionnaire-based proforma regarding KAP towards hepatitis B, its causation, 
      and prevention was filled out by each participant. RESULTS: Mean age (SD) of 
      participants was 31.8 +/- 9.1 years with 83 males and 167 females. Subjects were 
      divided into two groups: Group I (House Surgeons and Residents) and Group II 
      (Nursing staff, Laboratory Technicians, Operation Theatre Assistants). All Group 
      I and 148 (96.7%) of Group II subjects had adequate knowledge regarding the 
      professional risk of hepatitis B virus transmission. Knowledge regarding 
      different modes of transmission was less in Group II subjects (Blood (96.1%), Sex 
      (84.3%), percutaneous route (85.6%), and During Birth (83%)) as compared to Group 
      I (100% in all). All subjects in Group I and 134 (90.9%) Group II subjects knew 
      about vaccination as a preventive measure. There was a slight discordance between 
      attitude and practices towards universal precautionary measures in Group II 
      subjects (Use of gloves 96.1% vs 94.8%; Safe needle disposal 96.7% vs 96.1%; 
      Vaccination 94.8% vs 67.9%). Of the subjects in Group I, 94.8% were vaccinated 
      and 67.9% were vaccinated in Group II, with complete vaccination rates being 
      76.3% and 43.1%, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant 
      (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Better knowledge and attitude led to more adoption of 
      preventive practices. But, still, there is a gap in the KAP towards hepatitis B 
      preventive practices and knowledge is not getting transformed into practices. We 
      recommend that all HCWs should be questioned about their vaccination status. In 
      addition, vaccination coverage, various preventive campaigns, and the hospital 
      infection control committee (HICC) need to be strengthened.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023, Garg et al.
FAU - Garg, Manjri
AU  - Garg M
AD  - Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical 
      Sciences, Rohtak, IND.
FAU - Sridhar, Banoth
AU  - Sridhar B
AD  - Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical 
      Sciences, Rohtak, IND.
FAU - Katyal, Virender
AU  - Katyal V
AD  - Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical 
      Sciences, Rohtak, IND.
FAU - Goyal, Sandeep
AU  - Goyal S
AD  - Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical 
      Sciences, Rohtak, IND.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230530
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC10310891
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - hcws
OT  - hepatitis b
OT  - infection
OT  - kap survey
OT  - prevention
OT  - vaccination
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2023/07/03 13:05
MHDA- 2023/07/03 13:06
PMCR- 2023/05/30
CRDT- 2023/07/03 11:50
PHST- 2023/05/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/07/03 13:06 [medline]
PHST- 2023/07/03 13:05 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/07/03 11:50 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/05/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.39747 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2023 May 30;15(5):e39747. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39747. eCollection 2023 
      May.