Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Hepatitis B among Healthy Population in Saudi Arabia, 2017
Wedhaya, M., Abyadh, D., Alhabi, H., Alrehaily, S., Kurban, M., Alzahrani, G., Alshamrani, A., Alqahtani, A., Mansi, M., Mofareh, A. (2017). Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Hepatitis B among Healthy Population in Saudi Arabia, 2017. EKB Journal Management System, 69(2), 1973-1977. doi: 10.12816/0040632
Mohammad Abdulrhman Wedhaya; Dina Abdulkareem Abyadh; Hatim Ali Alhabi; Sami Samran Alrehaily; Mohammed Ahmad Kurban; Ghaedaa Saad Alzahrani; Ali Saleh R Alshamrani; Amal Mohammed Alqahtani; Mohammed Hamzah Mansi; Abdullah Saeed Mofareh. "Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Hepatitis B among Healthy Population in Saudi Arabia, 2017". EKB Journal Management System, 69, 2, 2017, 1973-1977. doi: 10.12816/0040632
Wedhaya, M., Abyadh, D., Alhabi, H., Alrehaily, S., Kurban, M., Alzahrani, G., Alshamrani, A., Alqahtani, A., Mansi, M., Mofareh, A. (2017). 'Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Hepatitis B among Healthy Population in Saudi Arabia, 2017', EKB Journal Management System, 69(2), pp. 1973-1977. doi: 10.12816/0040632
Wedhaya, M., Abyadh, D., Alhabi, H., Alrehaily, S., Kurban, M., Alzahrani, G., Alshamrani, A., Alqahtani, A., Mansi, M., Mofareh, A. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Hepatitis B among Healthy Population in Saudi Arabia, 2017. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 69(2): 1973-1977. doi: 10.12816/0040632

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Hepatitis B among Healthy Population in Saudi Arabia, 2017

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 30, Volume 69, Issue 2, October 2017, Page 1973-1977  XML PDF (317.91 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0040632
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Authors
Mohammad Abdulrhman Wedhaya1; Dina Abdulkareem Abyadh1; Hatim Ali Alhabi1; Sami Samran Alrehaily1; Mohammed Ahmad Kurban2; Ghaedaa Saad Alzahrani2; Ali Saleh R Alshamrani3; Amal Mohammed Alqahtani3; Mohammed Hamzah Mansi4; Abdullah Saeed Mofareh5
1Ibn Sina National College
2King Abdulaziz University
3King Khalid University
4Taibah University
5Qassim University
Abstract
Background: hepatitis Virus B is a major health problem in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as it is one of the most endemicity countries for being hepatitis B seropositive.
Objectives: evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Saudi population toward hepatitis B infection in KSA.       
Methods: a descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 890 Saudi subjects aged between 20-50 years old. All participants were interviewed during the period from February 2017 till June 2017 and filled-up a predesigned validated questionnaire that consisted of 4 parts including the demographics and KAP.
Results: out of the 890 Saudi subjects, 69.3% were females, 48.3% were working, 77% had college degree and 50.9% of them aged from 20-30 years old. The prevalence of hepatitis B among the studied population sample showed that only 8% of subjects declared that they had hepatitis B infection. Most of the participants had good knowledge regarding the means of HB transmission, the definition, symptoms and effects of the disease. The attitude of subjects was good in 60% but the level of practice was poor among 66% of subjects as most of subjects hadn’t been screened or vaccinated for hepatitis B infection.
Conclusion: the level of KAP toward hepatitis B was good in 56% of subjects with high scores of good knowledge and attitude but with poor practice levels among most of the subjects.
Keywords
KAP; hepatitis B; Cross-Sectional; Adult; KSA
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