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ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TOWARD CARING OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATITIS C

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Adult Nursing

Abstract

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the major causes of liver disease. It is one of the leading causes of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and is a common indication for liver transplantation. The aim of study: To assess health care workers' knowledge, attitude and practice toward caring of patients with hepatitis c. Materials and methods: The study design used was a descriptive cross sectional design. A convenient sample of 227 health care workers was selected. Tool used divided to four parts including demographic data, and questions related to study subjects' knowledge, attitude and practice toward hepatitis C. The results of this study: Revealed that there was a positive statistical significant correlation between attitude and knowledge of the studied health care workers. Conclusion: Physicians were the most knowledgeable and less than half of nurses had satisfied knowledge. Recommendation: Providing Continuous educational programs for health care workers about hepatitis C to keep them up to date with HCV.

DOI

10.21608/mnj.2015.149118

Keywords

hepatitis C, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice

Authors

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Nora

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Elneblawy

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Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

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norahelmy13@yahoo.com

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First Name

Amany

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Shebl

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Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

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First Name

Amira

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Hassanen

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Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University;

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Gamal

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Shiha

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Internal Medicine, Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, Faculty of Medicine

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Volume

2

Article Issue

2

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21921

Issue Date

2015-07-01

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2015-02-16

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2015-07-01

Page Start

45

Page End

57

Print ISSN

2735-4121

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2735-413X

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1,468

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Mansoura Nursing Journal

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https://mnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TOWARD CARING OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATITIS C

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23 Jan 2023