Table 2.
Findings on information-adequacy (awareness and disease-specific knowledge)
| Respondents in this study N = 385 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statement of consideration | Yes (%) | No (%) | χ2 | p-value |
| Have you ever heard of hepatitis B as an infection | 356 (92.5%) | 29 (7.5%) | 277.738 | < 0.001*** |
| From where did you hear about it | ||||
| Never heard of HBV | Radio/Television | Churches/Mosques | Others | |
| 29 (7.5%) | 169 (43.9%) | 3 (0.8%) | 184 (47.8%) | |
| When did you hear about it | ||||
| Never heard of HBV | Before pregnancy | During pregnancy | ||
| 29 (7.5%) | 333 (86.5%) | 23 (6.0%) | ||
| HBV infection is transmitted via contact with body fluids of infected persons | 216 (56.1%) | 169 (43.9%) | 5.738 | 0.017*** |
| Hepatitis B infection is caused by taking too much sugar | 122 (31.7%) | 263 (68.3%) | 51.639 | < 0.001*** |
| Avoiding multiple sexual partners protects one from getting hepatitis B infection | 169 (43.9%) | 216 (56.1%) | 5.738 | 0.017*** |
| Hepatitis B produces fever as an important symptom because the infection does not always show signs and symptoms | 163 (42.3%) | 222 (57.7%) | 9.042 | 0.003*** |
| Untreated Hepatitis B infection can destroy the Liver | 186 (48.3%) | 199 (51.7%) | 0.439 | 0.508 |
| A pregnant woman needs to be protected from having Hepatitis B infection because: | ||||
| She may pass the infection if she is infected to the baby through drinking water | 205 (53.2%) | 180 (46.8%) | 1.623 | 0.203 |
| Her risk of transmitting the infection to the baby during delivery and breast feeding is high | 241 (62.6%) | 144 (37.4%) | 24.439 | < 0.001*** |
| She may likely not be able to carry the pregnancy to term | 294 (76.4%) | 91 (23.6%) | 107.036 | < 0.001*** |
| The baby may die in the womb before delivery because of the infection by the mother | 285 (74.0%) | 100 (26.0%) | 88.896 | < 0.001*** |
| Hepatitis B transmission is more common among people noted for: | ||||
| Sharing and reusing needles and injections | 202 (52.5%) | 183 (47.5%) | 0.938 | 0.333 |
| Making tattoos marks on their skin or piercing their nose or ears | 125 (32.5%) | 260 (67.5%) | 47.338 | < 0.001*** |
| Vaccination during birth can protect the baby from hepatitis B infection and risk of Liver cancer | 297 (77.1%) | 88 (22.9%) | 113.457 | < 0.001*** |
| To complete the HBV vaccine series that offer 10 years or lifetime protection 1 or 2 doses are generally required | 197 (51.2%) | 188 (48.8%) | 0.210 | 0.646 |
Table 2 above also showed a chi-square-non-parametric test to demonstrate the significant differences in the proportion of the responses of yes and no for the constructs information- adequacy
*** significant at p ≤ 0.005