Joukar Farahnaz, Mansour-Ghanaei Fariborz, Naghipour Mohammad Reza, Hasandokht Tolou
Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases Research Center (GLDRC), Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Open Nurs J. 2017 Apr 17;11:34-42. doi: 10.2174/1874434601711010034. eCollection 2017.
Health care workers (HCWs) represent high risk population for viral hepatitis infection.
This study sought to assess the knowledge of HCWs regarding hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) infection.
In a multi-center cross sectional study, all HCWs from eight teaching hospitals were invited to participate in the study and to fill in a self-administered questionnaire.
A total of 1008 eligible HCWs have responded to the study. A high proportion of the study participants (55.4% and 52.9%) had unsatisfactory knowledge about HBV and HCV. Mean knowledge score toward HBV was significantly higher among more educated staff, p <0.001 and vaccinated personnel, P=0.02. Majority of responders answered correctly to transmission questions toward HBV and HCV (90% and 80%, respectively). There was statistically significant difference in only transmission domain score between various hospitals (p<0.05). The highest scores were related to surgical hospital.
Although more than ninety percent of our participants were educated about HBV and HCV, knowledge about nature of disease, prevention, treatment and vaccine availability was unsatisfactory. Continuous training program toward viral infection is a matter of necessity.
医护人员是感染病毒性肝炎的高危人群。
本研究旨在评估医护人员对乙型肝炎（HBV）和丙型肝炎（HCV）感染的了解情况。
在一项多中心横断面研究中，邀请了八所教学医院的所有医护人员参与研究并填写一份自填式问卷。
共有1008名符合条件的医护人员对该研究做出了回应。很大一部分研究参与者（分别为55.4%和52.9%）对HBV和HCV的了解情况不尽人意。在受教育程度较高的工作人员（p<0.001）和接种过疫苗的人员（P=0.02）中，对HBV的平均知识得分显著更高。大多数受访者对HBV和HCV的传播问题回答正确（分别为90%和80%）。不同医院之间仅在传播领域得分上存在统计学显著差异（p<0.05）。得分最高的与外科医院相关。
尽管我们的参与者中有超过90%的人接受过关于HBV和HCV的教育，但对疾病性质、预防、治疗和疫苗可及性的了解仍不尽人意。针对病毒感染的持续培训计划是必要的。
