Table 2.
Main reported indicators of knowledge, perceptions and behaviors with regard to HBV and HIV/AIDS, KABP survey, France, 2010
| |
Hepatitis B |
HIV/AIDS |
|---|---|---|
| |
(n = 9,014) |
(n = 9,014) |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
|
Knowledge of transmission modes1 |
|
|
| Believing that Hepatitis B/AIDS transmission is possible: | ||
| during unprotected sexual intercourse (1) |
69.7 (68.6-70.8) |
99.4 (99.2-99.6) |
| through the sharing of needles while injecting drugs2 (2) |
89.9 (89.2-90.6) |
99.1 (98.9-99.3) |
| from mosquito bite (3) |
26.0 (25.0-27.1) |
24.5 (23.5-25.5) |
| during pregnancy (4) |
79.1 (78.1-80) |
-4 |
| % of correct answers to questions (1), (2) and (3) 3 |
46.5 (45.3-47.6) |
72.3 (71.3-73.3) |
| % of correct answers to questions (1), (2), (3) and (4) 3 |
38.4 (37.2-39.5) |
-4 |
| Knowing someone in circle of family and friends who was infected 5 |
|
|
| Yes |
21.4 (20.5-22.3) |
12.6 (11.9-13.4) |
| Perhaps |
- |
8.8 (8.2-9.4) |
| No |
77.3 (76.3-78.2) |
78.4 (77.5-79.3) |
| Did not know |
1.3 (1.1-1.6) |
0.16 (0.08-0.3) |
|
Perceptions |
|
|
| Fear of the disease (Viral hepatitis / AIDS) for oneself |
|
|
| Very |
9.8 (9.1-10.5) |
13.4 (12.6-14.2) |
| Quite |
10.5 (9.8-11.2) |
6.9 (6.3-7.4) |
| Not very |
39.4 (38.3-40.5) |
24.6 (23.6-25.6) |
| Not at all |
39.5 (38.4-40.6) |
55.1 (54.0-56.3) |
| Did not know |
0.8 (0.6-1.0) |
0.04 (0.01-0.11) |
| Perception of the risk of contracting Hepatitis B /HIV with respect to the average person | ||
| Greater risk |
7.6 (7.0-8.2) |
3.8 (3.4-4.2) |
| Similar risk |
53.2 (52.1-54.4) |
36.5 (35.4-37.6) |
| Less risk |
29.9 (28.9-31.0) |
37.5 (36.4-38.7) |
| No risk |
7.4 (6.8-8.0) |
21.9 (21.0-22.9) |
| Did not know |
1.9 (1.6-2.4) |
0.3 (0.2-0.4) |
|
Practices |
|
|
| Hepatitis B /HIV screening during one’s lifetime |
|
|
| Yes, once |
17.4 (16.6-18.3) |
31.5 (30.4-32.5) |
| Yes, more than once |
10.0 (9.4-10.7) |
29.9 (28.8-31.0) |
| No |
67.8 (66.7-68.8) |
38.1 (37.0-39.2) |
| Did not know |
4.8 (4.3-5.2) |
0.5 (0.4-0.7) |
| Hepatitis B vaccination |
|
|
| Yes |
47.0 (45.9-48.2) |
- |
| No |
43.9 (42.8-45.1) |
- |
| Did not know | 9.0 (8.4-9.7) | - |
95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
1Only those people who reported that they had already heard of hepatitis B (n = 8,686) were asked questions about knowledge of hepatitis B transmission modes; all participants in the study group were asked all other questions (n = 9,014).
2The wording of questions was different depending on the virus, as follows: “Sharing a needle while injecting drugs” for HBV and “When injecting using a needle that has already been used” for HIV.
3The correct answer was “yes” for questions (1), (2) and (4) and “no” for question (3).
4These questions were not asked for HIV.
5The wording of questions was different depending on the virus, as follows: “Do you personally know one or more people in your circle of family and friends who currently has or who had Hepatitis B?” / “Do you personally know one or more people in your circle of family and friends who is seropositive or who has AIDS?. The choice of answers was also different (yes, no, did not know for HBV; yes, perhaps, no, did not know for HIV).