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. test, 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". test, 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', test, 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. test, 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, Pages 1973-1977    PDF (317.91 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0040632
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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