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. 2016 Dec 7;95(6):1368–1375. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0398

Table 2.

Patient characteristics

No. Sex Age Marital status* Education levels HBV or HCV Study recruitment site Year screened Screening circumstance Screening disclosure site Advised at screening to undergo further liver assessment? Advice Hepatic assessment Antiviral therapy Traditional medicine
P1 F 25 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2013 Blood donation Blood center No No No No
Avoid fat, alcohol
P2 F 40 Widow Middle school HBV Blood center 2011 Spouse died of HBV Blood center No No No No
Informed that she had “liver cancer”
P3 M 33 Married Secondary HBV Blood center 2011 Illness Blood center No No No Yes
Referred to TP; avoid fat
P4 M 56 Married Primary school HBV Blood center 2013 Blood donation Blood center No No No No
Avoid alcohol, sugar
P5 M 20 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2012 Blood donation Blood center No No No No
P6 F 40 Married None HBV Traditional practitioner 2010 Illness Hospital No No No Yes
P7 M 20 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2012 Blood donation Blood center No No No No
P8 F 32 Married Postsecondary HBV Association 2008 Neonatal death Hospital Yes Yes No No
P9 M 25 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2010 Blood donation Blood center No No No Yes
HCV No treatment existed; avoid fat, cigarettes, alcohol
P10 M 26 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2012 Blood donation Blood center Yes No No Yes
Referred to TP; avoid fat, pork, alcohol
P11 M 30 Married Middle school HBV Blood center 2013 Blood donation Blood center No No No No
P12 M 43 Married Middle school HBV Association 2008 Blood donation Blood center Yes Yes Yes Yes
P13 F 49 Single Post-secondary HBV Association 2003 Blood donation Blood center No No No No
Referred to TP
P14 M 47 Married Primary HBV Association 2010 Illness Hospital Yes Yes Yes No
Stopped because lacked funds
P15 M 29 Single Postsecondary HBV Association 2011 Blood donation Blood center No Yes No No
P16 M 34 Married Postsecondary HBV Association 2013 Blood donation BC in Hospital No Yes Yes Yes
Avoid fat, alcohol
P17 F 22 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2013 Blood donation Blood center No No No Yes
Avoid fat
P18 F 40 Married None HBV Traditional practitioner 2008 Illness Clinic No No No Yes
Referred to TP
P19 F 45 Widow Primary HBV Traditional practitioner 2008 Illness TP No No No Yes
P20 M 23 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2011 Blood donation Blood center No No No No
Referred to TP
P21 M 36 Non-marital alliance Secondary HBV Traditional practitioner 2007 Illness TP No No No Yes
P22 M 24 Single Postsecondary HBV Blood center 2010 Blood donation Blood center No No No Yes
Avoid alcohol, fat, cigarettes
P23 M 56 Married Secondary HCV Association 2009 Illness Hospital Yes Yes Yes No
P24 M 43 Single Postsecondary HBV Blood center 2011 Blood donation Blood center N No No Yes
P25 F 30 Married Primary HBV Hospital 2003 Illness Company clinic No Yes No Yes
Not needed
P26 M 21 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2013 Blood donation Blood center No No N No
P27 M 29 Married Primary HCV Blood center 2013 Blood donation Blood center No No N No
Avoid alcohol, fat, sugar
P28 M 55 Married Middle school HBV Association 2014 World Hepatitis Day World Hepatitis Day Yes Yes N No
P29 M 22 Single Secondary HBV Blood center 2012 Blood donation Blood center No No No Yes
Avoid alcohol, fat, cigarettes
P30 M 37 Married Postsecondary HBV Association 2014 Illness Clinic Yes No No Yes
No treatment existed

HBV = hepatitis B virus; HCV = hepatitis C virus; TP = traditional practitioner.

*

“Single” denotes not currently married.