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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (kap) Study among Medical and Dental Students regarding Hepatitis B Vaccination
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Haider, Iqbal Badshah, Aliena Yousaf, Adnan |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Objective: To ascertain the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical and dental students regardingvaccination against Hepatitis B virus.Material and Methods: This descriptive research work was conducted among medical and dental students fromKhyber Medical College and Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar, Pakistan respectively from January 2017 to May,2017. Male and female students from all academic years were recruited in the study. After informed consent, studentswere requested to fill in a pre-formed questionnaire. Data was collected in Microsoft excel and then tabulated usingMicrosoft excel. Results were tabulated in the form of percentages.Results: One hundred thirty-one (50.4%) male and 129 (49.6%) female medical (51.2%) and dental (48.8%) studentsparticipated in the study. Their ages ranged from 19 to 24 years. Of these students, 112 (43.1%) had initiated vaccinationagainst Hepatitis B virus whereas 148 (56.9%) had not started vaccination. Of these, only 86 (33.1%) students completedfull Hepatitis B vaccination course. Among those who completed the course, majority of the students had enrolled inthe 0, 1, 2 month regimen of vaccination. Of all the students, only 28 (10.8%) received booster dose after completionof vaccination. Only 8 (3.1%) of the students checked their anti Hbs Ab titers, but none of them remembered the exactvalues of antibody levels. Seventy-six (29.2%) students had vaccinated their family members against Hepatitis B while31 (11.9%) students had also vaccinated themselves against Hepatitis A virus infection of the 11 (4.2%) students whowere married, only 4 (1.5%) had checked their partner's Hepatitis B status.Conclusion: Medical and dental students themselves are not much aware of the importance of vaccination and majorityhave not vaccinated themselves against the virus. Not all who started vaccination managed to complete the courseand so their immunization status could also not be accurately ascertained. |
| Starting Page | 287 |
| Ending Page | 291 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jmedsci.com/index.php/Jmedsci/article/download/591/516 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
