Knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis (B) among healthcare workers in relation to their vaccination status in Khartoum, Sudan, 2015: a cross-sectional study

  • Almustafa Siddig M ohammed Mustafa University of Khartoum
  • Almegdad Sharafaldin Mohamed University of Khartoum
  • Tariq Ahmed Abdelbaset Alamin University of Khartoum,
  • Mutaz Tarig HassanAhmed Shaheen OIU. Khartoum
  • Awab Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed Hilali OIU. Khartoum
  • Moneeb Hassan Mohammed Alamin Fadul OIU. Khartoum
  • Ahmed Abdelaziz Abugrain Abdelsalam
  • Mohamed Ahmed Sidahmed Abdelrahim OIU. Khartoum
  • Mohamed Nasr Mohamed Ahmed Elsheikh Nahda College
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52981/sjms.v13i1.1059
Keywords: KAP study, hepatitis B, health care workers, vaccination, Kartoum, Sudan, general hospitals

Abstract

Background: Hepatitis B is a serious chronic infection of the liver and caused by hepatitis B virus. It is an endemic disease in Sudan. Healthcare workers are occupationally more prone to acquire the disease. Evaluation of their knowledge, attitude and practice, and their vaccination status, are very important in the control of the disease. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare workers towards hepatitis B and their vaccination status.

Materials and Methods: In total, 372 healthcare workers were enrolled in the study, which was conducted at 10 public hospitals in Khartoum state during July-August 2015. After taking written informed consent from the Khartoum state research department, self-administrated questionnaires were distributed to the healthcare workers. The KAP score was the sum of the three categories, which is 32 points, and the mean was then obtained.

Results: The study revealed that the respondents’ mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) were 18.4, 2.14 and 2.49, respectively. The study also showed that doctors have the highest KAP score in comparison with other occupations. Doctors are the least occupational category that uses gloves when dealing with patient’s blood. The KAP score was found higher among vaccinated healthcare workers in comparison to unvaccinated ones, which indicates the association between KAP score and vac-cination status (p-value 0.007).Is better to add the proportion of vaccinated workers.

Conclusions: This study concluded that, there is positive association between the level of vaccination among Health care workers and their Knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis B virus. Further studies would be recommended on larger population.

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Published
2021-08-19
Issue
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2018): Vol. 13 No. 1 (2018)
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Original Articles