Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Infection in Field Practice Area of Government Medical College, Srinagar Kashmir: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus infection is one of the major global public health problems with nearly 2 billion people infected worldwide, 75 % of whom are Asians. There are about 350 million chronic carriers in the world.The study was planned to study the socio-demographic characteristics of study participants andto estimate the prevalence of Hepatitis-B infection in Block Hazratbal, Srinagar. A cross-sectional, community-based study in the age group of 18 years and above was conducted having sample size of 1340, obtained using formula n=4pq/l2 and they were screened for Hepatitis B surface antigen using Enzyme Linked Immuno-sorbent Assay kits. We had 1300 participants in our study, all Muslims. There were 970 (74.6%) females and 330 (25.4%) males. Majority of our participants (54.7%) were in the age group of 21-40 years. Most of the participants were from urban areas(68%), currently married(66.8%), illiterate(64.8), members of joint family(59%) and belonging to socio-economic class II(67.2%). The prevalence of Hepatitis B infection in Hazratbal Block was 1.2%% with higher prevalence in males (4.2%) as compared to females (0.1%).Therefore, Block Hazratbal is having low endemicity of Hepatitis B infection as per WHO classification. Keeping in view, the increasing burden of this disease, there is a need to organise health education campaigns targetting both health care workers as well as public, so that they adopt all possible measures to prevent the spread of this fatal infection.
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Irfa Naqshbandi
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