Volume 28, Issue 148, June 2024

Knowledge and awareness regarding Hepatitis B infection among health care provider students of a private medical college in Lahore Pakistan

Ayesha Atif¹, Fatima Wajid¹, Laraib Abid¹, Esha Khan¹, Huzaima Shahzadi¹, Zarqa Saqib¹, Ayesha Nadeem¹, Tahreem Afzaal¹, Arisha Saghir¹, Arooj Arif¹, Muhammad Zahid Iqbal^2♦

¹Research Student, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological & Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
²Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological & Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological & Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

Hepatitis B infection (HBV) is the primary infection worldwide including in Pakistan. The current study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice toward HBV infection in future healthcare providers. A cross-sectional observational study conducted on 251 students (84 from pharmacy, 86 from medicine, 81 from dentistry faculty) of private medical college/university. By using a validated Questionnaire, the cross-sectional study was done, to assess the knowledge, perception, and attitude regarding HBV infection among private medical college/university students. The pharmacy, medicine, and dentistry students have better knowledge and practice with a positive attitude. In all variables, only faculty have a direct relation with knowledge (p value= 0.008). There is no association between our study variable and attitude. A significant association (p value= 0.006) was observed between faculty and practice compared to all study variables. The current study participants have better knowledge and good practice with positive attitude towards HBV.

Keywords: Hepatitis B infection (HBV), pharmacy, Questionnaire, Communicable diseases

Medical Science, 2024, 28, e54ms3357

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v28i148.e54ms3357

Published: 12 June 2024