Risk perception and knowledge of hepatitis B infection among cleaners in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background: Hepatitis B infection is a leading pathogenic infection that constitutes occupational hazard to health care workers. The current study examines the knowledge of hepatitis B infection and hepatitis B vaccination and uptake of the vaccine among the cleaners in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional hospital-based study of 89 cleaners using a standardized interviewer-administered questionnaire for data collection was conducted. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 21 software. Results: Among the participants, 12 (13.5%), 12 (13.5%) and 19 (21.3%) had low, medium and high-risk perception of acquiring hepatitis B infection respectively. Awareness of hepatitis B infection was low (65.2%). The mean knowledge scores concerning hepatitis B infection (4.24 out of 26) and hepatitis B vaccine (1.06 out of 26) were low. Twenty-five (28.1%) of the participants had ever had screening while none of them reported being vaccinated against hepatitis B. Conclusions: Hospital cleaners have poor risk perception, low level of awareness and poor knowledge about hepatitis B infection. Health workers might differ in what they know about hepatitis B infection and vaccine because of the differences in the levels of education, training, and perceived relevance within hospital settings.

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The association between protection motivation and hepatitis b vaccination intention among migrant workers in Tianjin, China: a cross-sectional study

“…While the HBV vaccine can effectively prevent the spread of HBV among adults, migrant workers' lower vaccination prevalence than permanent workers is due to their poorer cognition of HBV and the HBV vaccine, lower education level and poorer health awareness levels, living in groups and lower accessibility to health care services [8][9][10][11]. While previous Chinese studies have identi ed an individual's knowledge and cognition of HBV and the HBV vaccine as key factors explaining HBV vaccination intentions and behavior, these studies only employed partial measures of HBV cognition [12][13][14]. One exception was a study using protection motivation theory (PMT) to specify and test a cognition model of migrant workers' HBV vaccination intention, but the migrant-industry characteristics and key PMT factors, such as response costs, were excluded from the model [15].…”