Table 1.
Summary of hepatitis B knowledge among Chinese population in low and high endemic areas.
| First author and year in which study was conducted | Chan et al. [13]
2008 |
Chung et al. [21] 2009 |
Leung et al. [22] 2010 |
Coronado et al. [16] 2005 |
Cotler et al. [20] 2012* |
Taylor et al. [17] 2005 |
Hislop et al. [18] 2005 | Thompson et al. [15] 1999 |
Thompson et al. [14] 1999 |
Ma et al. [19] 2004 |
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| Study population (n) | Pregnant women (n = 1623) |
General public (n = 1982) | General public (n = 506) | General public (n = 430) | Patients attended routine care (n = 201) |
General public (n = 395) | General public (n = 504) |
Women (n = 147) | Women (n = 124) | General public (n = 429) |
| Study location | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Seattle, USA | Illinois, USA |
Washington, USA | Vancouver, Canada | Vancouver, Canada |
Washington, USA | New York, USA |
| There is a blood screening test for hepatitis B infection (yes) | 93 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 |
| There is a hepatitis B vaccine available for nonimmune adult (yes) | 75 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 |
| HBV can be spread by someone who looks health (yes) | — | — | — | 80 | 50 | 79 | 80 | 68 | 48 | — |
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| Mode of transmission | ||||||||||
| Through food or drink (no) | 24 | 53 | 27 | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Through blood or blood products (yes) | 76 | 82 | 65 | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | — |
| During sexual intercourse (yes) | 53 | 59 | 44 | 56 | 60 | 54 | 65 | 56 | 48 | 40 |
| Sharing use of needles (yes) | 69 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 |
| During childbirth (yes) | 88 | 58 | 67 | 70 | 91 | 70 | 76 | — | — | 40 |
| Shaking hands with infected person (no) | 50 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 58 | 85 |
| Sharing razor or toothbrush | — | — | 41 | — | — | 55 | 68 | 86 | 68 | 52 |
| Tattooing or body piercing | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sharing eating utensils (yes) | — | — | — | — | 57** | 84** | 89** | — | — | 61 |
| Eating food prepared by an infected person (no) | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 24 | 41 | 21 | 67 |
| Eating food that has been prechewed by an infected person (yes) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | 69 | — |
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| Prevention of transmission | ||||||||||
| Hepatitis B screening and vaccination (yes) | 87 | 92 | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | 62 |
| Regular exercise and get enough rest (no) | 14 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57/74 |
| Balanced diet and vitamin C (no) | 14 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 |
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| Sequelae of infection | ||||||||||
| Lifelong infection (yes) | — | — | — | 38 | 75 | 37 | 45 | 39 | 27 | — |
| Cirrhosis (yes) | 86 | 90 | — | — | 98 | 75 | 83 | — | — | — |
| Liver cancer (yes) | 83 | 87 | — | 71 | 92 | 73 | 81 | 61 | 46 | 72 |
*Year of paper was published.
**Original answer by authors was “no”.
Each item listed with the correct answer inside parenthesis. Figures were rounded to whole number. Data were presented as percent of correct answer for each item.