Student Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Middle East Liver Disease Center, Tehran, Iran.
Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Am J Infect Control. 2017 Nov 1;45(11):e135-e141. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.07.012. Epub 2017 Oct 12.
The World Health Organization seeks to achieve the goal of viral hepatitis elimination by 2030 and lack of general knowledge about viral hepatitis seems to be a barrier to reaching this goal. This study was designed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among Iranian health sciences students in 12 Iranian medical sciences universities using a national survey.
This survey was conducted during the second Hepatitis Awareness Campaign, which was held during the Iranian National Hepatitis Week (October 22-28, 2016). Students who visited our booths and were willing to participate in our survey were selected using convenience sampling and their HBV- and HCV-related KAP were evaluated.
Two thousand one hundred fifty-six health sciences students with mean age of 21.24 years participated in our survey. The mean KAP scores were 7.35 (out of 10), 4.88 (possible score, -20 to +20), and 5.67 (out of 9). Students with experience of accidental exposures to blood (21.6%) had better KAP scores compared with the students without such experiences. The mean KAP scores were associated with subjects' year of education, field of study, university, and province (P < .05).
Our study showed that HBV- and HCV-related KAP in a sample of Iranian health sciences students was not satisfying. The results also demonstrated priority of needing intervention regarding KAP in some subject areas, lower years of education, and some universities compared with others.
世界卫生组织（WHO）力求在 2030 年前实现消除病毒性肝炎的目标，但对病毒性肝炎的普遍认识不足似乎是实现这一目标的障碍。本研究旨在通过一项全国性调查，评估 12 所伊朗医科大学的伊朗卫生科学专业学生对乙型肝炎病毒（HBV）和丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）感染的知识、态度和实践（KAP）。
这项调查是在第二届肝炎宣传活动期间进行的，该活动于 2016 年 10 月 22 日至 28 日在伊朗国家肝炎周期间举行。采用便利抽样法选择愿意参加我们调查并访问我们展台的学生，评估他们与 HBV 和 HCV 相关的 KAP。
2156 名卫生科学专业学生参与了我们的调查，平均年龄为 21.24 岁。平均 KAP 得分为 7.35（满分 10 分）、4.88（可能得分范围为-20 至+20）和 5.67（满分 9 分）。有意外接触血液经历的学生（21.6%）的 KAP 得分高于没有此类经历的学生。平均 KAP 得分与学生的教育年限、学习领域、大学和省份有关（P<0.05）。
我们的研究表明，伊朗卫生科学专业学生的 HBV 和 HCV 相关 KAP 并不令人满意。研究结果还表明，在某些学科领域、较低的教育年限和某些大学，需要优先干预 KAP。
