Table 3.

Knowledge About Hepatitis B Among HBV Patients and Healthy Participants.

		No HBV (n = 100)	HBV (n = 350)	P value
Can be spread by someone who looks healthy	Yes	20 (20.0%)	218 (61.6%)	0.001
	No	18 (18.0%)	64 (18.1%)
	Not sure	62 (62.0%)	72 (20.3%)
Do you think the hepatitis B virus can be spread from person to person by eating food prepared by the infected person	Yes	16 (16.0%)	222 (62.7%)	0.001
	No	30 (30.0%)	85 (24.0%)
	Not sure	54 (54.0%)	47 (13.3%)
Can spread by sharing a toothbrush with an infected person	Yes	36 (37.5%)	283 (79.9%)	0.001
	No	14 (14.6%)	16 (4.5%)
	Not sure	46 (47.9%)	55 (15.5%)
Can spread by sharing food plates with someone who is infected	Yes	24 (25.0%)	319 (90.1%)	0.001
	No	24 (25.0%)	13 (3.7%)
	Not sure	48 (50.0%)	22 (6.2%)
Can be infected by being coughed on by an infected person	Yes	32 (33.3%)	202 (57.1%)	0.001
	No	13 (13.5%)	72 (20.3%)
	Not sure	51 (53.1%)	80 (22.6%)
Can be infected by sharing razors with an infected person	Yes	36 (37.5%)	263 (74.3%)	0.001
	No	12 (12.5%)	18 (5.1%)
	Not sure	48 (50.0%)	73 (20.6%)
Can be infected by having sexual intercourse with an infected person	Yes	31 (32.3%)	312 (88.1%)	0.001
	No	15 (15.6%)	15 (4.2%)
	Not sure	50 (52.1)	27 7.6%
Can be infected when intravenous drug users share needles with each other	Yes	36 (37.5%)	265 (74.9%)	0.001
	No	17 (17.7%)	17 (4.8%)
	Not sure	43 (44.8%)	72 (20.3%)
Can be infected by shaking hands with an infected person	Yes	7 (7.3%)	65 (18.4%)	0.001
	No	44 (45.8%)	203 (57.3%)
	Not sure	45 (46.9%)	86 (24.3%)
Can be transmitted from mother to child during birth	Yes	38 (39.6%)	183 (51.7%)	0.097
	No	4 (4.2%)	15 (4.2%)
	Not sure	54 (56.3%)	156 (44.1%)
HBV is prevented by vaccination	Yes	42 (43.8%)	265 (74.9%)	0.001
	No	4 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)
	Not sure	50 (52.1%)	89 (25.1%)

HBV, Hepatitis B Virus.