Astudyon Awareness And Practice Of Hepatitis-Bdiseaseprevention Among Nursing Staff Of Government General Hospital,Vijayawada.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 4
Abstract
Background- Chronic Hepatitis B is an important global health problem, with more than 350 million individuals affected worldwide. Its prevalence in india and many other parts of the Asia pacific region is quite high. More than 10,00,000 indian children run a lifetime risk of becoming chronic barriers and about 1,00,000 indians die from HBV complications annually. A decision analytical model estimates that in India, vaccination would save 25 lives per 1lakh population per year. Hence the present study has been conducted to know the awareness of nurses about this disease as they constitute people at major risk for HBV infection. Materials and methods:Type of study: Cross sectional descriptive observational study. Duration: 1 month 15 days.[AUGUST 1s -SEPTEMBER 15th 2017] Study population: Nursing staff of GGH, Vijayawada.Study instrument: A Pre-designed, pre-tested, closed ended questionnaire was administered to the participants after obtaining their informed consent. Data collected was analyzed using MS Excel and SPSS V.20 Results: Of the 198 study respondents , majority of them(45.4%) were of 35-44 years age group. Majority of them(54.5%) acquired knowledge regarding Hepatitis B from Doctors. Conclusion- From the above study,we come to know that even though majority of them are aware of the disease and its modes of transmission, practice of preventive measures is very low. Very low percentage of nursing staff are fully immunized which reflects the need of their proper education of the disease and motivate them to get the Hepatitis B vaccine.
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Dr. Dilipkumar K B, Dr. Muthangi Sandhya Rani
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