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. 2016 Sep 11;7(4):234–240. doi: 10.15171/ijoem.2016.864
Table 1: Characteristics of health care workers by hepatitis B vaccination and anti-HBsAb, measles, rubella, and varicella.
Variables n Seroprevalence % (95% CI) Hepatitis B vaccination (%)
Hepatitis B Measles Rubella Varicella Full schedule Single dose
Job Category
Nurse 400 78.1 (75.1 to 81.2) 83.9 (79.5 to 88.3) 95.8 (93.0 to 98.6) 91.1 (87.7 to 94.6) 90.2** 28.1
Physician 177 58.8 (55.2 to 62.4)** 93.8 (88.9 to 98.7)* 93.8 (82.8 to 98.7) 97.3 (92.3 to 99.4) 74.1 34.5
Technician 128 77.3 (74.2 to 80.4) 80.5 (71.3 to 89.7) 91.1 (80.4 to 97.0) 89.3 (82.1 to 96.5) 79.7 17.1
Age (yrs)
<30 31 82.8 (80.0 to 85.5) 81.5 (61.9 to 93.7) 88.0 (68.8 to 97.5) 93.1 (77.2 to 99.1) 71.0 22.6
30–39 304 82.7 (79.9 to 85.5)* 79.0 (73.5 to 84.6) 96.1 (93.7 to 97.5) 89.8 (85.7 to 84.0) 90.4* 24.2
40–49 288 62.9 (59.3 to 66.5) 91.1 (86.9 to 95.3)** 93.3 (88.3 to 98.2) 93.5 (89.8 to 97.2) 79.6 31.2
≥50 82 66.7 (63.2 to 70.2) 100 95.2 (76.2 to 99.9) 100 83.8 31.1
Work experience (yrs)
<5 10 87.5 (85.1 to 89.9)** 100 71.4 (29.0 to 96.3) 75.0 (35.0 to 96.8) 80.0 20.0
5–9 65 76.0 (72.9 to 79.2) 80.5 (67.1 to 93.8) 94.1 (80.3 to 99.3) 90.7 (77.9 to 97.4) 82.8 18.8
10–19 371 77.5 (74.4 to 80.6) 81.8 (77.0 to 86.6) 96.1 (93.2 to 98.9 90.7 (87.1 to 94.4) 88.2** 26.4
20–29 198 63.9 (60.4 to 67.5) 90.7 (85.6 to 95.9) 91.8 (84.8 (98.8) 95.0 (90.8 to 99.0) 76.6 30.2
≥30 61 71.9 (68.6 to 75.2) 100 100 100 89.3 39.3
Sex
Female 448 77.7 (74.6 to 80.8)** 86.3 (78.5 to 90.2) 88.0 (68.8 to 97.5) 92.6 (88.3 to 96.9) 87.8** 26.3
Male 257 64.9 (61.4 to 68.4) 84.3 (82.4 to 90.2) 95.3 (92.8 to 97.8) 92.0 (88.9 to 95.1) 78.8 30.2
Total 705 74.2 (71.0 to 77.4) 85.6 (82.4 to 88.4) 94.7 (92.2 to 97.3) 92.2 (89.7 to 94.7) 84.4 15.6
*p< 0.05; **p< 0.001