McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Prev Med. 2009 Aug-Sep;49(2-3):269-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.013. Epub 2009 Jun 30.
To characterize the Togolese public's understanding of hepatitis C (HC).
Two convenience samples in Togo-282 lay people and 30 health professionals (22 nurses, 8 physicians)-indicated in 2006 their level of agreement with the same 94 statements about HC evaluated by French hepatologists (the reference group of experts) in 2003 and by French lay people in 1997. Their mean responses were compared using Student's T-test, and correlations were calculated between each group's series of responses and between their significant differences from the experts.
The mean absolute differences between experts and Tologese lay persons, nurses, and physicians were 4.33, 3.72, and 2.57 (on a scale of 0-10). The correlations between the mean responses of experts and Togolese lay persons, nurses, and physicians were .34, .42, and .44. For the significant differences from experts, the correlation between Tologese lay persons and French lay people in 1997 was .94, and the correlations between Tologese lay persons and Togolese nurses and doctors were .94 and .74. For all these results, p<.001.
Togolese lay persons, and even health professionals, appear to have misconceptions about HC that may lead to stigmatization and incorrect treatment of persons infected with HC.
描述多哥公众对丙型肝炎（HC）的理解。
2006 年，在多哥进行了两项方便样本调查，共包括 282 名普通民众和 30 名卫生专业人员（22 名护士，8 名医生），他们对同 94 项关于 HC 的陈述表示同意，这些陈述由法国肝病专家（参考专家组）在 2003 年和法国普通民众在 1997 年进行评估。使用学生 t 检验比较他们的平均反应，并计算每组系列反应之间以及与专家之间的显著差异之间的相关性。
专家与多哥普通民众、护士和医生之间的平均绝对差异分别为 4.33、3.72 和 2.57（0-10 分制）。专家与多哥普通民众、护士和医生的平均反应之间的相关性分别为.34、.42 和.44。对于与专家的显著差异，多哥普通民众与 1997 年法国普通民众之间的相关性为.94，多哥普通民众与多哥护士和医生之间的相关性分别为.94 和.74。对于所有这些结果，p<.001。
多哥普通民众，甚至卫生专业人员，似乎对 HC 存在误解，这可能导致对感染 HC 的人的污名化和不正确治疗。
