Khandelwal Vishal, Khandelwal Sushma, Gupta Neetu, Nayak Ullal Anand, Kulshreshtha Namrata, Baliga Sudhindra
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Modern Dental College and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, Phone: +91 9425068322.
Department of Rasa Shastra, Sri Dhanvantari Ayurvedic Medical College, Mathura, India.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2017 Aug 18;30(5):/j/ijamh.2018.30.issue-5/ijamh-2016-0103/ijamh-2016-0103.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2016-0103.
Background Hepatitis B virus infection is a general cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepato-cellular carcinoma worldwide. It is highly contagious. It is an important reason for morbidity and mortality in the Indian population. Oral health professionals are at the highest risk. Vaccination for hepatitis B can prevent this deadly disease. Methods The present study was designed to evaluate the degree of awareness, knowledge of hepatitis B infection and status of hepatitis B vaccination among dental students. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 240 students of 3rd year, 4th year and interns of a professional dental course. A pre-tested questionnaire was given to the students of each year. All the data management and analysis were carried out using SPSS software version 16. Results Eighty-six percent of the students had knowledge about hepatitis B infection. The majority of the students had correct knowledge regarding mode of transmission, however, 21% failed to recognize saliva as the mode of hepatitis B transmission. Forty-five percent of the students were vaccinated for hepatitis B. Conclusion The present study concludes that there is reasonable awareness of hepatitis B infection hazards, its transmission and vaccination, among the dental students who will be entering into the profession. However, half of the students were not vaccinated for hepatitis B in our study group, which keeps them at risk to the disease. The Indian Health Ministry should make hepatitis B vaccination mandatory for all health care professionals. A strategy should be executed for health education and compulsory vaccination of all students joining the health care professional colleges. Antibody titers should be routinely checked among those who are vaccinated.
在全球范围内，乙型肝炎病毒感染是慢性肝炎、肝硬化和肝细胞癌的常见病因。它具有高度传染性。这是印度人群发病和死亡的一个重要原因。口腔卫生专业人员面临的风险最高。乙型肝炎疫苗接种可以预防这种致命疾病。
本研究旨在评估牙科学生对乙型肝炎感染的知晓程度、相关知识以及乙型肝炎疫苗接种状况。对某专业牙科课程三年级、四年级学生及实习生共240名学生进行了横断面研究。向每年的学生发放一份经过预测试的问卷。所有数据管理和分析均使用SPSS软件16版进行。
86%的学生了解乙型肝炎感染。大多数学生对传播方式有正确的认识，然而，21%的学生未认识到唾液是乙型肝炎的传播方式。45%的学生接种了乙型肝炎疫苗。
本研究得出结论，即将步入该行业的牙科学生对乙型肝炎感染的危害、传播及疫苗接种有一定的认识。然而，在我们的研究组中，有一半的学生未接种乙型肝炎疫苗，这使他们面临患病风险。印度卫生部应强制所有医护人员接种乙型肝炎疫苗。应执行一项战略，对所有进入医护专业学院的学生进行健康教育并强制接种疫苗。对于已接种疫苗的人员，应定期检查抗体滴度。
