An epidemiological study to assess the awareness of hepatitis B infection in the dental students, college staff, practitioners, and auxiliary staff in city of Maharashtra

Pandharbale, Atul A; Gadgil, Rajeev M; Bhoosreddy, Ajay R; Ahire, Bhushan Sukdeo; Kunte, Varun R; Shinde, Manila R

doi:10.4103/2319-5932.159060

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“…Our present study evaluates the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of Dental Medicine students about hepatitis B and C infections. In our study awareness of hepatitis B was 75(94.9%) and knowledge about causative agent of Hepatitis B was 76(96.2%) which is very well comparable with study of Nagpal et al 14 (97.7%) and 90.6% by Padharbale et al 15 .…”

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Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Hepatitis B and C Infections among Undergraduate Dental Student

Mane¹,

Patil²,

Patil³

et al. 2018

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Introduction: Hepatitis is a silent epidemic. According to WHO estimate, two billion people in the world have serological evidence of prior HBV infection, and up to 3% (170 million) are infected with HCV. Dental professionals are at an increased risk of contracting this highly infectious disease due to the nature of their work. Study objective was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of second year BDS students about Hepatitis B and C infection. Material and methods: A pre-tested, self-administered crosssectional study including various aspects of Hepatitis B and C was conducted among the dental students who were attending the second year, of graduate program in Dental College and

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confidence: 91%

Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Hepatitis B and C Infections among Undergraduate Dental Student

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Patil³

et al. 2018

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“…And also the awareness about different routes of transmission in both studies is almost similar (40% and 44% respectively). 9 In present study, most common route that they knew was through direct contact with blood of HBV infected person.…”

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“…A study conducted by Pandharbale et al Maharashtra, India in 2018, awareness about vaccination against HBV infection in auxiliary staff was 18% whereas in present study awareness was 61% and 53% were immunized against it at least for one dose and 32% for 3 doses. 9 This difference was might be due to, the study place; tertiary care hospital carried a program of hepatitis B surface antigen checking and immunization in all health workers from mid of 2017 to 2019.…”

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A cross-sectional study to assess the awareness of hepatitis B virus infection in auxiliary staff of a tertiary care hospital

Dhutraj

Pol

Mahajan

et al. 2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is 50-100 times more infectious than HIV and this communicable disease can be prevented by vaccination. Auxiliary staff (class IV workers) of a hospital is one of the most important health workers who work at ground level and are directly or indirectly exposed to blood and body fluids in the course of their work and therefore are at high risk of infection with blood-borne pathogens. They are expected to have an optimum level of awareness toward HBV infection. This study was conducted with the aim to study the awareness about HBV infection, and its transmission, vaccination and protective practices among auxiliary staff.Methods: A cross‑sectional descriptive study was carried out in 220 auxiliary staff of a tertiary care hospital in Maharashtra, using a pretested, pre-validated questionnaire.Results: Out of 220 respondents 146 had heard about HBV infection. Out of 146 respondents, 89 were aware about >1 routes of transmission, 135 heard about vaccination and 70 had taken 3 doses of vaccination. Almost all took protective measures at work-place.Conclusions: The results showed that respondents had inadequate awareness about of HBV infection, routes of transmission and vaccination.

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“…There has been a thrust for emphasizing safe occupational practices among dental students (6). Numerous studies (6,7,8,9) across the globe have gauged the cognizance of dentists' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours regarding infection control guidelines and precautions and found unsatisfactory response. A study by Alavian et al (10), showcased 81.7% and 98.6% of the participants knew about the possibility of HBV transmission through saliva and from dentist to patient respectively, while in study by Al-Shamiri HM et al (9) the figures were much lower (42.5% and 67.6% respectively.…”

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Viral Hepatitis in Dentistry – An overlooked contributor to disease burden and occupational hazard in India

Syed

Keshan

Rastogi

et al. 2021

Indian J Community Health

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Introduction: Dental professionals are considered to be at high-risk for contacting blood-borne pathogen transmissions. Thus, making it necessary for dentists to be aware on prevention, transmission and management of viral hepatitis. Objective: One day training programs for upskilling dental fraternity were conducted on 11th November 2019 and 11thFebruary 2020. Program also evaluated the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of dentists regarding infection control practices and oral manifestations of viral hepatitis. Methods: One-day training program viz. “Viral hepatitis in Dentistry” under project Programmed Approach to Knowledge And Sensitization on Hepatitis (PRAKASH) was organized and a cross-sectional study using 20-item-self-reported questionnaire was conducted among participating professionals from six states of India. Identifying information was removed during statistical analysis. Results: Total of 625 dental professionals were trained; of which 470 participated in the KAP study i.e. response rate was calculated to be 75% (470 out of 625). Females represented about 73.2% of the sample(n=470). Sample comprised of experts from all the branches of dentistry. Almost 97% of responders were from private dental institutes or clinics. Mean knowledge score was found to be 4.71 ± 2.04, however when compared with age, knowledge in older professionals > 25 years was higher at 5.00 + 2.10 than participants’ aged<25, 4.57 ± 2.00 (p value = 0.03). Participating professionals seems to be following precautionary practices regarding viral hepatitis in dental clinics in a comparable manner irrespective of their age i.e. mean practice score of 6.81 ± 1.82 in professionals’< 25 years of age and mean practice score 6.81 ± 1.67 in trainees > 25 years. Conclusion: Study raised concerns regarding poor knowledge about infection prevention control and management of viral hepatitis in dental settings. Limited interventions in terms of capacity building programs for dentists on viral hepatitis, highlight the necessity of continued education through such training programs.

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An epidemiological study to assess the awareness of hepatitis B infection in the dental students, college staff, practitioners, and auxiliary staff in city of Maharashtra

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Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Hepatitis B and C Infections among Undergraduate Dental Student

Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Hepatitis B and C Infections among Undergraduate Dental Student

A cross-sectional study to assess the awareness of hepatitis B virus infection in auxiliary staff of a tertiary care hospital

Viral Hepatitis in Dentistry – An overlooked contributor to disease burden and occupational hazard in India

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