Table 2.
Knowledges and information status on HBV infection and transmission modes.
| Knowledge Items | Correct answer overall N=901 (%) |
Correct Answers, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMI n=227 (%) |
HASG n=415 (%) |
HRAB n=259 (%) |
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| Have heard of HBV infection | 324 (36%, 33-39) | 91 (40.1%, 33.7-46.8) | 129 (31%, 26.7-35.8) | 104 (40.2%, 34.1-46.4) |
| Through media | 28 (3.1%, 2.1-4.5) | 6 (2.6%, 1.0 - 5.7) | 15 (3.6%, 2.0-5.9) | 7 (2.7%, 1.1-5.5) |
| Family members | 42 (4.7%, 3.4-6.2) | 17 (7.5%, 4.4-11.7) | 13 (3.1%, 1.7-5.3) | 12 (4.6%, 2.4-8.0) |
| At school | 61 (6.8%, 5.2-8.6) | 19 (8.4%, 5.1-12.8) | 23 (5.5%, 3.5-8.2) | 19 (7.3%, 4.5-11.2) |
| At hospital | 53 (5.9%, 4.4-7.6) | 10 (4.4%, 2.1-8.0) | 27 (6.5%, 4.3-9.3) | 16 (6.2%, 3.6-9.8) |
| Others | 70 (7.8%, 6.1-9.7) | 18 (7.9%, 4.8-12.2) | 29 (7.0%, 4.7-9.9) | 23 (8.9%, 5.7-13.0) |
| Hepatitis B is caused by a virus | 54 (6.0%, 4.5-7.7) | 3 (1.3%, 0.3-3.8) | 26 (6.3%, 4.1-9.0) | 25 (9.7%, 6.3-13.9) |
| HBV can be transmitted | 235 (26.1%, 23.2-29.1) | 55 (24.2%, 18.8-30.3) | 91 (21.9%, 18% - 26.2) | 89 (34.4%, 28.6-40.5) |
| By saliva | 136 (15.1%, 12.8-17.6) | 30 (13.2%, 9.1-18.3) | 62 (14.9%, 11.6-18.7) | 44 (17.0%, 12.6-22.1) |
| By blood | 38 (4.2%, 3.0-5.7) | 3 (1.3%, 0.3-3.8) | 24 (5.8%, 3.7-8.5) | 11 (4.2%, 2.1-7.5) |
| Sexually (if unprotected) | 85 (9.4%, 7.6-11.5) | 15 (6.6%, 3.7-10.7) | 38 (9.2%, 6.6-12.4) | 32 (12.4%, 8.6-17.0) |
| By sweats | 4 (0.4%, 0.1-1.1) | 0 (0%, 0.0-1.6) | 1 (0.2%, 0.0-1.3) | 3 (1.2%, 0.2-3.3) |
HASG: Hôpital de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HRAB: Hôpital Régional Amissa Bongo; SMI: Service de Santé Maternelle et Infantile.